KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The part of a plant fixed in the earth. Sense 2: Figuratively, the origin, cause, foundation, ancestor, or source of growth. Sense 3: To take root or eradicate.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 29:18
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Thou preparedst roome before it: and didst cause it to take deepe root, and it filled the land.
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A man shall not bee established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.
1611 marginal noteChap.10.25.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
The wicked desireth the net of euill men: but the roote of the righteous yeeldeth fruit.
1611 marginal noteOr, the fortresse.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.
¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
¶ And in that day there shall bee a roote of Iesse, which shall stand for an ensigne of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seeke, and his rest shall bee glorious.
1611 marginal noteHeb. glory.
1611 marginal noteRom.15.12.
¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
¶ Reioyce not thou whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpents roote shall come foorth a cockatrice, and his fruite shall be a fierie flying serpent.
1611 marginal noteOr, Adder.
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
And the first borne of the poore shall feed, and the needy shall lie downe in safetie: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Hee shall cause them that come of Iacob to take roote: Israel shall blossome and budde, and fill the face of the world with fruite.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shal againe take roote downeward, and beare fruite vpward.
1611 marginal noteHeb the escaping of the house of Iudah that remaineth.
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Yea they shal not be planted, yea they shall not be sowen, yea their stocke shall not take roote in the earth: and he shall also blow vpon them, & they shall wither, and the whirlewinde shall take them away as stubble.
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