Genesis 9:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"As for you, be fruitfulפְּר֣וּ
(pe·ru)
6509: to bear fruit, be fruitfula prim. root
and multiply;וּרְב֑וּ
(u·re·vu;)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
Populateשִׁרְצ֥וּ
(shir·tzu)
8317: to swarm, teema prim. root
the earthבָאָ֖רֶץ
(va·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
abundantly 
 
8317: to swarm, teema prim. root
and multiplyוּרְבוּ־
(u·re·vu-)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
in it." 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And you be ye fruitful
parah  (paw-raw')
to bear fruit -- bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
and multiply
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
bring forth abundantly
sharats  (shaw-rats')
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound -- breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
in the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
and multiply
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
therein
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."

King James Bible
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it."

International Standard Version
Now as for you, be productive and multiply; spread out over the land and multiply throughout it."

NET Bible
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Be fertile, and increase in number. Spread over the earth, and increase."

King James 2000 Bible
And you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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