Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fruit of one's loins

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: fruit of one's loins
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.

Literary

Example Sentences

"Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David . . . being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne."
""Come into the yard with me, Micah," quoth my father. ". . . [I]f I am old and worn, there is the fruit of my loins to stand in my place and to wield the same sword in the same cause. You shall go in my place, Micah.""
"And behind the mare, or beside her, or else cavorting ahead, came a slim black colt, the fruit of her loins, without bridle or rope."

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

fruits of one's loins (plural)

Synonyms

issue offspring progeny

Questions

What does fruit of one's loins mean?: One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.

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