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H2232Hebrew

זָרַע

Definition and meaning

zara` (zaw-rah') v. 1. to sow 2. (figuratively) to disseminate, plant, fructify [a primitive root] KJV: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.

Tagged KJV passages

54 matching verses - 56.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Matched English: sow
Job 31:8

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

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Psalms 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Matched English: sown
Psalms 107:37

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

Matched English: sow
Psalms 126:5

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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Proverbs 11:18

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Matched English: soweth
Proverbs 22:8

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Matched English: soweth
Ecclesiastes 11:4

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

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Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Matched English: sow
Isaiah 17:10

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

Matched English: set
Isaiah 28:24

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Matched English: sow
Isaiah 30:23

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Matched English: sow
Isaiah 32:20

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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Isaiah 37:30

And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

Matched English: sow
Isaiah 40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

Matched English: sown
Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Matched English: sower
Jeremiah 2:2

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Matched English: sown
Jeremiah 4:3

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Matched English: sow
Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

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Jeremiah 31:27

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

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Jeremiah 35:7

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

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Jeremiah 50:16

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Matched English: sower
Ezekiel 36:9

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

Matched English: sown
Hosea 2:23

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Matched English: sow