KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:11
Complete exact-word concordance
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
The children of thy seruants shal continue: and their seed shall be established before thee.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
O yee seede of Abraham his seruant: yee children of Iacob his chosen.
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
To ouerthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to make them fall.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
His seed shall bee mightie vpon earth: the generation of the vpright shalbe blessed.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtlesse come againe with reioycing: bringing his sheaues with him.
1611 marginal noteOr, seedbasket.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Though hand ioyne in hand, the wicked shall not be vnpunished: but the seede of the righteous shall be deliuered.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
1611 marginal noteHeb. shall be right.
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.
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.
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Yea ten acres of vineyard shall yeeld one Bath, and the seed of an Homer shall yeeld an Ephah.
¶ 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.
¶ 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.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
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.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
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.
