10 occurrences in 10 translations

'Breed' in the Bible

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

Bring 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.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalAnimals Multiplying

Jacob separated the lambs, and [as he had done with the peeled branches] he made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the dark or black in the [new] flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart by themselves and did not put them [where they could breed] with Laban’s flock.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsSeparating AnimalsBlack AnimalsNot Mixing

Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob placed the branches in the troughs, in full view of the flocks, and they would breed in front of the branches.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingStrength Of AnimalsAnimal ReproductionWater ContainersPoles

As it was, when it was time for the livestock to breed, I once looked up in a dream, and the male goats that were mating with the flock were producing streaked, speckled, and spotted offspring.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

"Observe my statutes. "You are not to let your cattle breed with a different species. "You are not to sow your fields with two different kinds of seeds. "You are not to wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.

Verse ConceptsMulesFieldsAnimals, religious role ofSeedCultivationAnimal ReproductionNot MixingMixing MaterialsInstruction About ClothesKeep The Commandments!GarmentsAgricultureDrugs

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholButterRamsDairyDrinking WineRich Food

There the arrow snake will make her nest and lay her eggs,And hatch them and gather her young under her protection;Indeed, the birds of prey will be gathered there [to breed],Every one with its own kind.

Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Breed (10 instances)
Multiply (118 instances)
Posterity (55 instances)
Spawn (1 instance)
Stock (17 instances)
Strain (5 instances)
Train (18 instances)

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