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young

Meaning of “young”

1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

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300 occurrences284 verses38 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:23

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Song of Solomon 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:5 · retained source text

Thy two breasts, are like two yong Roes, that are twinnes, which feed among the lillies.

1611 marginal noteChap.7.3.

Song of Solomon 7:3
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 7:3 · retained source text

Thy two breasts are like two yong Roes that are twinnes.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.5

Song of Solomon 8:14
¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 8:14 · retained source text

¶ Make haste, my beloued, and be thou like to a Roe, or to a yong Hart vpon the mountaines of spices.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flee away.

Isaiah 5:29
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:29 · retained source text

Their roaring shalbe like a lyon, they shall roare like yong lions: yea they shal roare and lay hold of the pray, and shall carie it away safe, and none shall deliuer it.

Isaiah 7:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:21 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that a man shal nourish a yong cow and two sheepe.

Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:17 · retained source text

Therfore the LORD shall haue no ioy in their yong men, neither shall haue mercy on their fatherlesse & widowes: for euery one is an hypocrite, and an euil doer, and euery mouth speaketh folly: for all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

1611 marginal noteOr, villeny.

Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:6 · retained source text

The wolfe also shall dwell with the lambe, and the leopard shall lie downe with the kid: and the calfe and the yong lion, and the fatling together, and a litle child shall lead them.

1611 marginal noteChap.65.25.

Isaiah 11:7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:7 · retained source text

And the cow and the beare shall feed, their yong ones shall lie downe together: and the lyon shall eate straw like the oxe.

Isaiah 13:18
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:18 · retained source text

Their bowes also shall dash the yong men to pieces, and they shall haue no pitie on the fruit of the wombe; their eye shall not spare children.

Isaiah 20:4
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 20:4 · retained source text

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captiues, yong and old, naked and bare foote, euen with their buttocks vncouered, to the shame of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the captiuitie of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. nakednesse.

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