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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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Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 17:19 · retained source text

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my couenant with him, for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seed after him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.10. and 21.2.

Genesis 19:32
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 19:32 · retained source text

Come, let vs make our father drinke wine, and we will lye with him, that we may preserue seed of our father.

Genesis 19:34
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 19:34 · retained source text

And it came to passe on the morrow, that the first borne said vnto the yonger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou in, and lye with him, that we may preserue seed of our father.

Genesis 21:12
¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:12 · retained source text

¶ And God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond woman. In all that Sarah hath said vnto thee, hearken vnto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:13 · retained source text

And also, of the sonne of the bond woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 22:17 · retained source text

That in blessing I will blesse thee, and in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seed shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lippe.

Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 22:18 · retained source text

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.3. and 18.18. ecclus. 44.22. acts. 3.25. galat. 3.8.

Genesis 24:7
¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 24:7 · retained source text

¶ The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto mee, and that sware vnto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.7. and 13.15. and 15.18. and 26.4.

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 24:60 · retained source text

And they blessed Rebekah, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them.

Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 26:3 · retained source text

Soiourne in this land, and I wil be with thee, and will blesse thee: for vnto thee, and vnto thy seed I will giue all these countreys, and I wil performe the othe, which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.15. and 15.18.

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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)