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suck

Meaning of “suck”

Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth.

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19 occurrences18 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 21:7

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Genesis 21:7
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:7 · retained source text

And she said, Who would haue said vnto Abraham, that Sarah should haue giuen children sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in his old age.

Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:13 · retained source text

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eate the increase of the fields, and he made him to sucke hony out of the rocke, and oyle out of the flintie rocke,

Deuteronomy 33:19
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 33:19 · retained source text

They shall call the people vnto the mountaine, there they shal offer sacrifices of righteousnesse: for they shall sucke of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

1 Samuel 1:23
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 1:23 · retained source text

And Elkanah her husband said vnto her, Do what seemeth thee good, tary vntill thou haue weaned him, only the LORD establish his word: so the woman abode, and gaue her sonne sucke vntill she weaned him.

1 Kings 3:21
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 3:21 · retained source text

And when I rose in the morning to giue my childe sucke, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, which I did beare.

Job 3:12
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:12 · retained source text

Why did the knees preuent mee? or why the breasts, that I should sucke?

Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:16 · retained source text

He shall sucke the poison of Aspes: the vipers tongue shall slay him.

Job 39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 39:30 · retained source text

Her yong ones also suck vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is he.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 24.28. luke 17.37.

Isaiah 60:16
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:16 · retained source text

Thou shalt also sucke the milke of the Gentiles, and shalt sucke the brest of kings, and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Sauiour and thy Redeemer, the mightie One of Iacob.

Isaiah 66:11
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 66:11 · retained source text

That ye may sucke and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations: that ye may milke out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

1611 marginal noteOr, brightnesse.

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