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roots

Meaning of “roots”

Sense 1: The underground parts by which plants are fixed and nourished. Sense 2: Figuratively, origins, causes, or established bases.

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First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 7:20

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2 Chronicles 7:20
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:20 · retained source text

Then will I plucke them vp by the roots out of my land which I haue giuen them, and this house which I haue sanctified for my Name, wil I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a prouerbe, and a by-word among all nations.

Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 18:16 · retained source text

His rootes shall be dryed vp beneath: and aboue shall his branch be cut off.

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 28:9 · retained source text

Hee putteth foorth his hand vpon the rocke; hee ouerturneth the mountaines by the rootes.

1611 marginal noteOr, flint.

Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 30:4 · retained source text

Who cut vp mallowes by the bushes, and Iuniper rootes for their meate.

Isaiah 11:1
AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 11:1 · retained source text

¶ And there shall come forth a rod out of the stemme of Iesse, and a branch shal grow out of his rootes.

1611 marginal noteActs 13.23.

Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:8 · retained source text

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not see when heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not be carefull in the yeere of drought, neither shall cease from yeelding fruit.

1611 marginal noteOr, restraint.

1611 marginal notePsal.1.3.

Ezekiel 17:6
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:6 · retained source text

And it grew, and became a spreading Uine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were vnder him: so it became a Uine, and brought forth branches, and shot foorth sprigges.

Ezekiel 17:7
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:7 · retained source text

There was also an other great eagle, with great wings and many feathers, and behold, this Uine did bend her rootes towards him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that hee might water it by the furrowes of her plantation.

Ezekiel 17:9
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:9 · retained source text

Say thou, Thus saith the LORD God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaues of her spring, euen without great power, or many people to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

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