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sow

Meaning of “sow”

Sense 1: To scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result. Sense 3: An adult female swine.

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37 occurrences37 verses17 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 47:23

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2 Kings 19:29
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:29 · retained source text

And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, Yee shall eate this yeere such things as grow of themselues, and in the second yeere that which springeth of the same, and in the third yeere sow ye and reape, and plant Uineyards, and eate the fruits thereof.

Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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1611 witness · Job 4:8 · retained source text

Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.

1611 marginal noteProu. 22.8 ose 10.13.

Psalms 126:5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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1611 witness · Psalms 126:5 · retained source text

They that sow in teares: shall reape in ioy.

1611 marginal noteOr, singing.

Ecclesiastes 11:4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 11:4 · retained source text

He that obserueth the wind, shall not sow: and hee that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.

Ecclesiastes 11:6
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 11:6 · retained source text

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.

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
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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 32:20
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 32:20 · retained source text

Blessed are yee that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feete of the oxe and the asse.

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