In the Bible What Does Beget Mean?

1 : to procreate as the father : sire He died without begetting an heir.

What is the difference between beget and begotten?

Something is begotten when it's been generated by procreation — in other words, it's been fathered. A somewhat old fashioned adjective, begotten is the past participle of the verb beget, which means to father or produce as offspring.

How do you use beget?

Beget in a Sentence ?
  1. High levels of unemployment often beget high levels of crime.
  2. In my dysfunctional family, fighting never failed to beget more fighting.
  3. When I became a millionaire, I proved that growing up poor did not beget an entire lifetime of poverty.
James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.