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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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Showing verses 151–160 of 254 · 279 word occurrences in this result

Isaiah 14:20
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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
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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:19 · retained source text

I haue not spoken in secret, in a darke place of the earth: I said not vnto the seed of Iacob, Seeke ye mee in vaine: I the LORD speake righteousnesse, I declare things that are right.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 30.11.

Isaiah 48:19
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 48:19 · retained source text

Thy seede also had beene as the sand, and the ofspring of thy bowels like the grauell thereof: his name should not haue beene cut off, nor destroyed from before me.

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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)