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Plenteous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as a plenteous supply of provisions; a plenteous crop.

2. Yielding abundance; as a plenteous fountain.

3. The seven plenteous years. Genesis 41:34 .

4. Having an abundance.

5. The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. Deuteronomy 28:11 .

6. Possessing in abundance and ready to bestow liberally. PsalmsÃÂ 86:5 .

7. [This word is less used than plentiful.]

Plenteous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply.

2. Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful.

3. Having plenty; abounding; rich.

Plenteously [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In abundance; copiously; plentifully.

Plenteousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Abundance; copious supply; plenty; as the seven years of plenteousness in Egypt.

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15 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “Plenteous”

Genesis 41:34

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Genesis 41:47

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

Genesis 41:53

And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

Deuteronomy 28:11

And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 30:9

And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,

2 Chronicles 1:15

And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

Psalms 86:5

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Psalms 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Psalms 103:8

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Psalms 130:7

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Isaiah 30:23

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

Matthew 9:37

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

2 Esdras 8:52

For unto you is paradise opened, the tree of life is planted, the time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a city is builded, and rest is allowed, yea, perfect goodness and wisdom.