If Adam and Eve were the first and up to that point only people, who did beget their grandchildren?
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Beget
Synonyms for "beget" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- γείνομαι verb (cause, produce)
- γείνομαι verb (procreate)
- γεννάω verb (cause, produce)
- γεννάω verb (procreate)
Arabic
1 entries- أَنْجَبَ verb (procreate)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- doğmaq verb (procreate)
- doğurmaq verb (cause, produce)
- törətmək verb (cause, produce)
- törətmək verb (procreate)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зачевам verb (procreate)
- пораждам verb (cause, produce)
- предизвиквам verb (cause, produce)
Catalan
2 entries- concebre verb (procreate)
- engendrar verb (cause, produce)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 招致 verb (cause, produce)
- 生殖 verb (procreate)
- 生育 verb (procreate)
- 產生 /产生 verb (procreate)
Czech
4 entries- plodit verb (procreate)
- počít verb (cause, produce)
- vyvolat verb (cause, produce)
- zapříčinit verb (cause, produce)
Danish
3 entries- afføde verb (cause, produce)
- avle verb (procreate)
- skabe verb (cause, produce)
Dutch
3 entries- veroorzaken verb (cause, produce)
- verwekken verb (procreate)
- voortbrengen verb (procreate)
Egyptian
1 entries- ir verb (cause, produce)
Esperanto
1 entries- generi verb (cause, produce)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheuttaa verb (cause, produce)
- hedelmöittää verb (procreate)
- siittää verb (procreate)
- synnyttää verb (cause, produce)
French
3 entries- engendrer verb (cause, produce)
- engendrer verb (procreate)
- procréer verb (procreate)
Galician
2 entries- xerar verb (cause, produce)
- xerar verb (procreate)
Georgian
4 entries- დასაბამს აძლევს verb (procreate)
- შობა verb (procreate)
- წარმოქმნა verb (cause, produce)
- წარმოშობა verb (cause, produce)
German
3 entries- erzeugen verb (cause, produce)
- sich fortpflanzen verb (procreate)
- zeugen verb (procreate)
Greek
3 entries- γεννώ verb (procreate)
- παράγω verb (procreate)
- προκαλώ verb (cause, produce)
Hebrew
1 entries- ילד verb (procreate)
Hungarian
4 entries- előidéz verb (cause, produce)
- kelt verb (cause, produce)
- maga után von verb (cause, produce)
- nemz verb (procreate)
Italian
2 entries- generare verb (cause, produce)
- generare verb (procreate)
Japanese
2 entries- 来たす verb (cause, produce)
- 生む verb (procreate)
Macedonian
4 entries- за́чне verb (procreate)
- по́роди verb (procreate)
- преди́звика verb (cause, produce)
- ра́ѓа verb (cause, produce)
Mwali Comorian
1 entries- udzaya verb (procreate)
Māori
2 entries- ahi verb (procreate)
- ai verb (procreate)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- avføde verb (cause, produce)
- forårsake verb (cause, produce)
- skape verb (cause, produce)
Old Irish
1 entries- do·fuissim verb (procreate)
Polish
1 entries- spowodować verb (cause, produce)
Portuguese
4 entries- engendrar verb (cause, produce)
- gerar verb (cause, produce)
- gerar verb (procreate)
- procriar verb (procreate)
Romanian
1 entries- procrea verb (procreate)
Russian
4 entries- породи́ть verb (cause, produce)
- породи́ть verb (procreate)
- порожда́ть verb (cause, produce)
- порожда́ть verb (procreate)
Sanskrit
2 entries- जनयति verb (cause, produce)
- जनयति verb (procreate)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- poroditi verb (procreate)
- uroditi verb (cause, produce)
Spanish
2 entries- concebir verb (procreate)
- engendrar verb (cause, produce)
Swedish
1 entries- avla verb (procreate)
Tocharian B
2 entries- täm verb (cause, produce)
- täm verb (procreate)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Ambiguous phrases often beget funny interpretations.
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Lies beget lies.
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Lies beget more lies.
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