KJV dictionary & concordance

seed

Meaning of “seed”

Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

279 occurrences254 verses43 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:11

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Isaiah 1:4

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Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 1:4 · retained source text

Ah sinnefull nation, a people laden with iniquitie, a seede of euill doers, children that are corrupters: they haue forsaken the LORD, they haue prouoked the Holy one of Israel vnto anger, they are gone away backward.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of heauinesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. alienated, or separated.

Isaiah 5:10

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Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:10 · retained source text

Yea ten acres of vineyard shall yeeld one Bath, and the seed of an Homer shall yeeld an Ephah.

Isaiah 6:13

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¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 6:13 · retained source text

¶ But yet in it shalbe a tenth, and it shall returne, and shall be eaten: as a Teyle tree, and as an Oke whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaues: so the holy seede shall be the substance thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it is returned and hath bin broused.

1611 marginal noteOr, stocke, or stemme.

Isaiah 14:20

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Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:20 · retained source text

Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in buriall, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slaine thy people: the seede of euill doers shall neuer be renowmed.

1611 marginal noteIob 18.19. psal.21.11. and 37.28. and 109 13.

Isaiah 17:11

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In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 17:11 · retained source text

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seede to flourish: but the haruest shall be a heape in the day of griefe, and of desperate sorrow.

1611 marginal noteOr, remoued in the day of inheritance, and there shalbe deadly sorrow.

Isaiah 23:3

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And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 23:3 · retained source text

And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.

Isaiah 30:23

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Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:23 · retained source text

Then shall he giue the raine of thy seed that thou shalt sow the ground withall; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattell feed in large pastures.

Isaiah 41:8

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But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:8 · retained source text

But thou Israel, art my seruant, Iacob whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

1611 marginal noteDeut.7.6 and 10.15. and 14. 2. psal. 135.4. chap.43.1. and 44 1.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 20.7. iam 2.23.

Isaiah 43:5

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Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

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1611 witness · Isaiah 43:5 · retained source text

Feare not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the East, and gather thee from the West.

1611 marginal noteChap.44.1. iere.30.10. and 46.27.

Isaiah 44:3

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For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

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1611 witness · Isaiah 44:3 · retained source text

For I will powre water vpon him that is thirstie, and floods vpon the dry ground: I will powre my spirit vpon thy seede, and my blessing vpon thine offspring:

1611 marginal noteCha. 35.7. ioel 2.28. ioh.7.38. acts 2.18.

Complete reference index — all 254 verses

Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:12 Genesis 1:29 Genesis 3:15 Genesis 4:25 Genesis 7:3 Genesis 9:9 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 13:15 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 15:3 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 15:13 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 16:10 Genesis 17:7 Genesis 17:8 Genesis 17:9 Genesis 17:10 Genesis 17:12 Genesis 17:19 Genesis 19:32 Genesis 19:34 Genesis 21:12 Genesis 21:13 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 22:18 Genesis 24:7 Genesis 24:60 Genesis 26:3 Genesis 26:4 Genesis 26:24 Genesis 28:4 Genesis 28:13 Genesis 28:14 Genesis 32:12 Genesis 35:12 Genesis 38:8 Genesis 38:9 Genesis 46:6 Genesis 46:7 Genesis 47:19 Genesis 47:23 Genesis 47:24 Genesis 48:4 Genesis 48:11 Genesis 48:19 Exodus 16:31 Exodus 28:43 Exodus 30:21 Exodus 32:13 Exodus 33:1 Leviticus 11:37 Leviticus 11:38 Leviticus 12:2 Leviticus 15:16 Leviticus 15:17 Leviticus 15:18 Leviticus 15:32 Leviticus 18:21 Leviticus 19:19 Leviticus 20:2 Leviticus 20:3 Leviticus 20:4 Leviticus 21:15 Leviticus 21:17 Leviticus 21:21 Leviticus 22:3 Leviticus 22:4 Leviticus 26:16 Leviticus 27:16 Leviticus 27:30 Numbers 5:28 Numbers 11:7 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 16:40 Numbers 18:19 Numbers 20:5 Numbers 24:7 Numbers 25:13 Deuteronomy 1:8 Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 10:15 Deuteronomy 11:9 Deuteronomy 11:10 Deuteronomy 14:22 Deuteronomy 22:9 Deuteronomy 28:38 Deuteronomy 28:46 Deuteronomy 28:59 Deuteronomy 30:6 Deuteronomy 30:19 Deuteronomy 31:21 Deuteronomy 34:4 Joshua 24:3 Ruth 4:12 1 Samuel 2:20 1 Samuel 8:15 1 Samuel 20:42 1 Samuel 24:21 2 Samuel 4:8 2 Samuel 7:12 2 Samuel 22:51 1 Kings 2:33 1 Kings 11:14 1 Kings 11:39 1 Kings 18:32 2 Kings 5:27 2 Kings 11:1 2 Kings 17:20 2 Kings 25:25 1 Chronicles 16:13 1 Chronicles 17:11 2 Chronicles 20:7 2 Chronicles 22:10 Ezra 2:59 Ezra 9:2 Nehemiah 7:61 Nehemiah 9:2 Nehemiah 9:8 Esther 6:13 Esther 9:27 Esther 9:28 Esther 9:31 Esther 10:3 Job 5:25 Job 21:8 Job 39:12 Psalms 18:50 Psalms 21:10 Psalms 22:23 Psalms 22:30 Psalms 25:13 Psalms 37:25 Psalms 37:26 Psalms 37:28 Psalms 69:36 Psalms 89:4 Psalms 89:29 Psalms 89:36 Psalms 102:28 Psalms 105:6 Psalms 106:27 Psalms 112:2 Psalms 126:6 Proverbs 11:21 Ecclesiastes 11:6 Isaiah 1:4 Isaiah 5:10 Isaiah 6:13 Isaiah 14:20 Isaiah 17:11 Isaiah 23:3 Isaiah 30:23 Isaiah 41:8 Isaiah 43:5 Isaiah 44:3 Isaiah 45:19 Isaiah 45:25 Isaiah 48:19 Isaiah 53:10 Isaiah 54:3 Isaiah 55:10 Isaiah 57:3 Isaiah 57:4 Isaiah 59:21 Isaiah 61:9 Isaiah 65:9 Isaiah 65:23 Isaiah 66:22 Jeremiah 2:21 Jeremiah 7:15 Jeremiah 22:28 Jeremiah 22:30 Jeremiah 23:8 Jeremiah 29:32 Jeremiah 30:10 Jeremiah 31:27 Jeremiah 31:36 Jeremiah 31:37 Jeremiah 33:22 Jeremiah 33:26 Jeremiah 35:7 Jeremiah 35:9 Jeremiah 36:31 Jeremiah 41:1 Jeremiah 46:27 Jeremiah 49:10 Ezekiel 17:5 Ezekiel 17:13 Ezekiel 20:5 Ezekiel 43:19 Ezekiel 44:22 Daniel 1:3 Daniel 2:43 Daniel 9:1 Joel 1:17 Amos 9:13 Haggai 2:19 Zechariah 8:12 Malachi 2:3 Malachi 2:15 Matthew 13:19 Matthew 13:20 Matthew 13:22 Matthew 13:23 Matthew 13:24 Matthew 13:27 Matthew 13:31 Matthew 13:37 Matthew 13:38 Matthew 17:20 Matthew 22:24 Mark 4:26 Mark 4:27 Mark 4:31 Mark 12:19 Mark 12:20 Mark 12:21 Mark 12:22 Luke 1:55 Luke 8:5 Luke 8:11 Luke 13:19 Luke 17:6 Luke 20:28 John 7:42 John 8:33 John 8:37 Acts 3:25 Acts 7:5 Acts 7:6 Acts 13:23 Romans 1:3 Romans 4:13 Romans 4:16 Romans 4:18 Romans 9:7 Romans 9:8 Romans 9:29 Romans 11:1 1 Corinthians 15:38 2 Corinthians 9:10 2 Corinthians 11:22 Galatians 3:16 Galatians 3:19 Galatians 3:29 2 Timothy 2:8 Hebrews 2:16 Hebrews 11:11 Hebrews 11:18 1 Peter 1:23 1 John 3:9 Revelation 12:17

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the reproduction and conservation of the species. That from which any thing springs; first principle; original. Principle of production. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants. Race; generation; birth.

volume 2, leaves 551 and 553, column 2 (duplicate noun scans, senses 1-5)