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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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Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:8 · retained source text

Behold, I haue set the land before you: Goe in, and possesse the land, which the LORD sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, to giue vnto them, and to their seed after them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. giuen.

1611 marginal noteGene. 15.18. and 17.7,8.

Deuteronomy 4:37
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:37 · retained source text

And because he loued thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mightie power out of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 10:15 · retained source text

Onely the LORD had a delight in thy fathers, to loue them, and hee chose their seed after them, euen you, aboue all people, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 11:9
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 11:9 · retained source text

And that yee may prolong your dayes in the lande which the LORD sware vnto your fathers to giue vnto them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milke and hony.

Deuteronomy 11:10
¶ For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 11:10 · retained source text

¶ For the land whither thou goest in to possesse it, is not as the lande of Egypt from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbes:

Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:22 · retained source text

Thou shalt truely tithe all the increase of thy seede, that the field bringeth forth yeere by yeere.

Deuteronomy 22:9
¶ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:9 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diuers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sowen, and the fruit of thy Uineyard be defiled.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fulnesse of the seed.

Deuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:38 · retained source text

Thou shalt carie much seede out into the field, and shalt gather but litle in: for the locust shall consume it.

1611 marginal noteMica. 6.15. agge. 1.6.

Deuteronomy 28:46
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:46 · retained source text

And they shall be vpon thee for a signe, and for a wonder, and vpon thy seed for euer:

Deuteronomy 28:59
Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:59 · retained source text

Then the LORD wil make thy plagues wonderfull, and the plagues of thy seed, euen great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

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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)