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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.

Definition sources

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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Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:25 · retained source text

Thou shalt know also that thy seede shalbe great, and thine offspring as the grasse of the earth.

1611 marginal noteOr, much.

Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 21:8 · retained source text

Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Job 39:12
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 39:12 · retained source text

Wilt thou beleeue him that hee will bring home thy seed? and gather it into thy barne?

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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;

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

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)