Genesis 9:7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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- Genesis 9:1Rank 1 from verse 7
- Genesis 1:28Rank 2 from verse 7
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
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- Genesis 8:17Rank 4 from verse 7
17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
17Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.
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Genesis 9:7
The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.
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To increase or cause to increase in number, amount, or extent.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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abundantly
Fully; amply; plentifully; in a sufficient degree.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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9:1AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
9:1¶ And God blessed Noah, and his sonnes, and said vnto them, *Bee fruitfull and multiply, and replenish the earth.
9:2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
9:2And the feare of you, & the dread of you shall be vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire, vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they deliuered.
9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
9:3Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the *greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.
9:4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
9:4*But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.
9:5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
9:5And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.
9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
9:6*Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: *for in the image of God made he man.
9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
9:7And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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