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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And you, be ye fruitful
parah (Hebrew #6509)
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Pronounce: paw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and multiply
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
; bring forth abundantly
sharats (Hebrew #8317)
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
KJV usage: breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
Pronounce: shaw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
in the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and multiply
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
therein.

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Cross References

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Gen. 9:1,19• 1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
 19These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad. (Gen. 9:1,19)
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Gen. 1:28• 28And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth. (Gen. 1:28)
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Gen. 8:17• 17Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth. (Gen. 8:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.