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.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

279 occurrences254 verses43 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:11

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2 Kings 25:25

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But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:25 · retained source text

But it came to passe in the seuenth moneth, that Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Iewes, and the Caldees that were with him at Mizpah.

1611 marginal noteHebr. of the kingdome.

1611 marginal noteIere. 41.2.

1 Chronicles 16:13

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O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:13 · retained source text

O ye seed of Israel his seruant, ye children of Iacob his chosen ones.

1 Chronicles 17:11

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¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 17:11 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe, when thy dayes be expired, that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise vp thy seed after thee, which shall bee of thy sonnes, and I wil stablish his kingdome.

2 Chronicles 20:7

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Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 20:7 · retained source text

Art not thou our God, who didst driue out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gauest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for euer?

1611 marginal noteHeb. thou.

2 Chronicles 22:10

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¶ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 22:10 · retained source text

¶ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah, sawe that her sonne was dead, shee arose, and destroyed all the seed royall of the house of Iudah.

1611 marginal note2.Kings 11.1.

Ezra 2:59

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And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

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1611 witness · Ezra 2:59 · retained source text

And these were they which went vp from Tel-melah, Tel-Harfa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel.

1611 marginal noteOr, pedegree.

Ezra 9:2

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For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

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1611 witness · Ezra 9:2 · retained source text

For they haue taken of their daughters for themselues, and for their sonnes: so that the holy seed haue mingled themselues with the people of those lands, yea the hand of the princes and rulers hath bin chiefe in this trespasse.

Nehemiah 7:61

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And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:61 · retained source text

And these were they which went vp also from Tel-Melah, Tel-Haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, whether they were of Israel.

1611 marginal noteOr, pedegree.

1611 marginal noteEzra. 2.43.

Nehemiah 9:2

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And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:2 · retained source text

And the seede of Israel separated themselues from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sinnes, and the iniquities of their fathers.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strage children.

Nehemiah 9:8

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And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:8 · retained source text

And foundest his heart faithfull before thee, & madest a couenant with him, to giue the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Iebusites, and the Girgashites, to giue it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous,

1611 marginal noteGen. 15.6.

1611 marginal noteGen. 12.17. and 15.18. & 17.9.

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

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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)