KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 26:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and receiued in the same yeere an hundred fold: & the LORD blessed him.
1611 marginal noteHeb. found.
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
And Abimelech fought against the citie all that day, and he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and beat downe the citie, and sowed it with salt.
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the foules came, and deuoured them vp.
¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
¶ Another parable put he forth vnto them, saying; The kingdome of heauen is likened vnto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
But while men slept, his enemy came & sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
¶ Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like to a graine of mustard seed, which a man tooke, and sowed in his field.
1611 marginal noteMar. 4.30. luke 13.19.
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
The enemie that sowed them, is the deuill. The haruest, is the ende of the world. And the reapers are the Angels.
1611 marginal noteIoel. 3.13. reue 14.15.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
His lord answered, and said vnto him, Thou wicked and slouthfull seruant, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strawed:
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
And it came to passe as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules of the aire came, & deuoured it vp.
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
A Sower went out to sowe his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the aire deuoured it.
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