DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Begat

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

225exact KJV occurrences 180Old Testament 45New Testament 17books containing the word 3mapped Strong's IDs 222occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 4:18

And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 John 5:1

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

1 Chronicles

86 occurrences in 54 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where begat appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 6747 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 22 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses Judges 11 verses Ruth 95 verses 1 Chronicles 8654 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Nehemiah 52 verses Proverbs 11 verses Jeremiah 11 verses Daniel 11 verses Zechariah 21 verses Matthew 3915 verses Acts 42 verses James 11 verses 1 John 11 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3205

יָלַד

yâlad · yaw-lad'

179 times translated as this KJV form497 total Strong's occurrences

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

Strong's KJV usage: bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

Other KJV renderings

bare 111 born 79 forth 25 bear 17 beget 10 travail 10 begotten 7 midwives 7

Strong's first: Genesis 4:18Strong's last: Zechariah 13:3

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GreekG1080

γεννάω

gennáō · ghen-nah'-o

42 times translated as this KJV form108 total Strong's occurrences

to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate

Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.

Other KJV renderings

born 29 begotten 7 be born 3 have 3 had 2 been born 2 was 2 conceived 1

Strong's first: Matthew 1:2Strong's last: 1 John 5:1

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HebrewH3209

יִלּוֹד

yillôwd · yil-lode'

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

born

Strong's KJV usage: born.

Other KJV renderings

born 4

Strong's first: Jeremiah 16:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 16:3

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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225 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Matthew 1:9

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And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

Matthew 1:9

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And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

Matthew 1:9

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And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

Matthew 1:10

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And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Matthew 1:10

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And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Matthew 1:10

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And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Matthew 1:11

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And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

Matthew 1:12

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And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

Matthew 1:12

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And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

Matthew 1:13

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And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

Matthew 1:13

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And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

Matthew 1:13

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And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

Matthew 1:14

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And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

Matthew 1:14

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And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

Matthew 1:14

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And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

Matthew 1:15

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And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

Matthew 1:15

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And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

Matthew 1:15

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And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

Matthew 1:16

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And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Acts 7:8

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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Acts 7:8

no direct Strong's tag

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Acts 7:8

no direct Strong's tag

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Acts 7:29

G1080

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

James 1:18

no direct Strong's tag

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

1 John 5:1

G1080

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

beget

BEGET', verb transitive preterit tense begot, begat; participle passive begot, begotten.

1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; as, to beget a son.

2. To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; to generate; as, luxury begets vice.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.

Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.