The word in Scripture

Plant in the Bible

The word plant appears 42 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To plant is to establish life that God causes to grow. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What plant means in the Bible

To plant is to establish life that God causes to grow.

Where the word plant appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word plant appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.”Deuteronomy 16:21

“Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.”Deuteronomy 28:39

“And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.”Psalms 107:37

“In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.”Isaiah 17:11

“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.”Isaiah 65:21

“And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;”Jeremiah 18:9

“Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.”Jeremiah 31:5

“But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.”Matthew 15:13