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Yield [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To give up the contest; to submit.

2. He saw the fainting Grecians yield

3. To comply with; as, I yielded to his request.

4. To give way; not to oppose. We readily yield to the current of opinion; we yield to customs and fashions.

5. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence. They will yield to us in nothing.

6. Tell me in what more happy fields the thistle springs, to which the lily yields?

Yield [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To produce, as land, stock or funds; to give in return for labor, or as profit. Lands yield not more than three per cent annually; houses yield four or five percent. Maiz on good land, yields two or three hundred fold.

2. To produce, in general. Most vegetable juices yield a salt.

3. To afford; to exhibit. The flowers in spring yield a beautiful sight.

4. To allow; to concede; to admit to be true; as, to yield the point in debate. We yield that there is a God.

5. To give, as claimed of right; as, to yield due honors; to yield due praise.

6. To permit; to grant.

7. Life is but air, that yields a passage to the whistling sword.

8. To emit; to give up. To yield the breath, is to expire.

9. To resign; to give up; sometimes with up or over; as, to yield up their own opinions. We yield the place to our superiors.

10. To surrender; sometimes with up; as, to yield a fortress to the enemy; or to yield up a fortress.

Yield [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

Yield [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

3. To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.

4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Yield [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

3. To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.

4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

6. To give a reward to; to bless.

Yieldable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Disposed to yield or comply.

Yieldableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Disposition to comply. [A bad word and not used.]

Yieldance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Act of producing; concession. [Not used.]

Yieldance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth.

2. The act of yielding; concession.

Yielded [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Produced; afforded; conceded; allowed; resigned; surrendered.

Yielded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Yield

Yielder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who yields.

Yielder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who yields.

Yielding [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Inclined to give way or comply; flexible; accommodating; as a yielding temper.

Yielding [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Act of producing; act of surrendering; submission.

Yielding [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Producing; affording; conceding; resigning; surrendering; allowing.

Yielding [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

Yielding [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Yield

Yieldingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With compliance.

Yieldingness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Disposition to comply; quality of yielding.

Yieldless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without yielding; unyielding.

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46 KJV and 40 BSB verses contain “yield” — showing the first 20. Show all 70 verses (searchable)

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 3:18

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 4:12

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 49:20

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

Genesis 49:33

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

Leviticus 19:25

And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:6

And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,

Leviticus 25:19

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.

Leviticus 25:21

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.

Leviticus 26:4

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Numbers 17:8

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

Deuteronomy 11:17

And then the LORD’S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

Deuteronomy 13:8

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

Deuteronomy 33:14

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

2 Samuel 1:21

Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

Nehemiah 9:37

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.