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begat fathered, became the father of
The past tense of beget. "Only begotten" in John 3:16 is built from the same word.
Means: fathered, became the father ofIn the KJV: 261 timesNo longer in ordinary English
Forms in the text
The word behind it
Where it appears
The first 30 of 173 verses.
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Common questions
What does "begat" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version begat means fathered, became the father of. The past tense of beget. "Only begotten" in John 3:16 is built from the same word.
How many times does "begat" appear in the King James Version?
261 times, counting its other forms (begat 225 times, begotten 24 times, beget 10 times, begettest 2 times).
What Hebrew word is behind "begat"?
Most often יָלַד (yâlad), Strong's H3205, meaning to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.
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