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Strong's Hebrew

4476. mimshaq -- perhaps possession
... 1). breeding. From the same as mesheq; a possession -- breeding. see HEBREW
mesheq. 4475, 4476. mimshaq. 4477 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Chapter xxxi
... And it happened at the time when the flock was hot in breeding that I lifted up
my eyes and saw things in a dream, and, lo, rams that were leaping upon the ...
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The Praise of Germany.
... To strive unfairly with words or in mail? German breeding surpasseth all. ... If
my skill be true and keen. In noble breeding and beauty rare,. ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the praise of germany.htm

Of Apis King of Argos, whom the Egyptians Called Serapis, and ...
... them, to show to a cow when she was conceiving and pregnant the image of such a
bull, which she alone could see, and by it attract the breeding passion of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 5 of apis king of.htm

The Doxology
... on this wonderful earth, with its countless beasts, and birds, and insects, trees,
herbs, and flowers, each growing, and thriving, and breeding after their kind ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon x the doxology.htm

On Pleasing all Men
... Such a mode of behaviour as naturally springs from courtesy of heart. Is
this the same with good breeding, or politeness? (which ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 100 on pleasing all.htm

The Creation of Moving Creatures.
... When the time marked for breeding arrives, they, as if awakened by a common law
of nature, migrate from gulf to gulf, directing their course toward the North ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily vii the creation of.htm

Book ii Then for a While She Held Her Peace. ...
... appears, or it never remains. One man's wealth is abundant, but his birth
and breeding put him to shame. Another is famous for his ...
/.../boethius/the consolation of philosophy/book ii then for a.htm

Chapter xxx
... Laban's part are that he puts the abnormally coloured under the care of his sons,
lest Jacob tamper with them and perhaps use them for breeding purposes, where ...
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Genesis.
... [1260]. 65 These joys among, a tree with deadly fruits,. Breeding, conjoined, the
taste of life and death,. Arises. In the midst of the demesne [1261]. ...
/.../unknown/fathers of the third century tertullian appendix/3 genesis.htm

The Mystery of Personality
... He was at home with all kinds of people, and though born on the sunny side of the
street, and by birth and breeding an aristocrat, he became one of the most ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/the mystery of personality.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breed.

2. (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.

3. (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.

4. (n.) Nurture; education; formation of manners.

5. (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.

6. (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.

Topical Bible Verses

Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.
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Leviticus 11:9
These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat.
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Leviticus 19:19
You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come on you.
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Genesis 9:7
And you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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Thesaurus

Breeding (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers
should pay attention to breeding. ...Breeding (3 Occurrences). ...
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Breeding-place (1 Occurrence)
Breeding-place. Breeding, Breeding-place. Breeds . Multi-Version
Concordance Breeding-place (1 Occurrence). Zephaniah ...
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Fashion (24 Occurrences)
... custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.;
particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress ...
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Gentlewoman (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a
woman above the vulgar. 2. (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank. ...
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Weed (3 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To free from anything hurtful or offensive. 12. (vt) To reject as unfit
for breeding purposes. Multi-Version Concordance Weed (3 Occurrences). ...
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Fellow (166 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer. 2. (n.)
A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. ...
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Taxing (3 Occurrences)
... product of social evolution. The beginnings of this trouble-breeding
institution are, of course, very ancient. If in the beginning ...
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Tax (43 Occurrences)
... product of social evolution. The beginnings of this trouble-breeding
institution are, of course, very ancient. If in the beginning ...
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Reared (22 Occurrences)
... Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on
horseback riding on coursers, horses of blood reared in the breeding studs: (DBY ...
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Excellent (52 Occurrences)
... worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen,
husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims ...
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Bible Concordance

Breeding (3 Occurrences)

Genesis 30:41 It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
(See RSV)

Esther 8:10 And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback riding on coursers, horses of blood reared in the breeding studs:
(DBY)

Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Subtopics

Breeding

Related Terms

Breeding-place (1 Occurrence)

Fashion (24 Occurrences)

Gentlewoman (1 Occurrence)

Weed (3 Occurrences)

Fellow (166 Occurrences)

Taxing (3 Occurrences)

Tax (43 Occurrences)

Reared (22 Occurrences)

Excellent (52 Occurrences)