Strong's Concordance sperma: that which is sown, i.e. seed Original Word: σπέρμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: sperma Phonetic Spelling: (sper'-mah) Short Definition: seed, offspring Definition: (a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4690: σπέρμασπέρμα, σπέρματος, τό ( σπείρω, which see), from Homer down, Hebrew זֶרַע , the seed (from which anything springs); a. from which a plant germinates; α. properly, the seed i. e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plant: plural, Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:31; 1 Corinthians 15:38 (Exodus 16:31; 1 Samuel 8:15); the singular is used collectively of the grains or kernels sown: Matthew 13:24, 27, 37; 2 Corinthians 9:10 (here L Tr σπόρος). β. metaphorically, a seed i. e. a residue. or a few survivors reserved as the germ of a new race (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing), Romans 9:29 after Isaiah 1:9, where the Sept. for שַׂרִיד (so also Wis. 14:6; 1 Esdr. 8:85 (87); Josephus, Antiquities 11, 5, 3; 12, 7, 8; Plato, Tim., p. 23{c}). b. the semen virile; α. properly: Leviticus 15:16-18; Leviticus 18:20f, etc.; (probably also Hebrews 11:11, cf. καταβολή 1, and see below); often in secular writings. By metonymy the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny; family, race, posterity (so in Greek chiefly in the tragic poets, cf. Passow, under the word, 2 b. ii., p. 1498 (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 3); and זֶרַע very often in the O. T. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 17, 30)); so in the singular, either of one, or collectively of many: Romans 9:7f; εἰς καταβολήν σπέρματος (see (above, and) καταβολή, 2) Hebrews 11:11; ἀνισταναι and ἐξανισταναι σπέρμα τίνι, Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28 (Genesis 38:8); ἔχειν σπέρμα, Matthew 22:25; ἀφιέναι σπέρμα τίνι, Mark 12:20-22; τό σπέρμα τίνος, Luke 1:55; John 7:42; John 8:33, 37; Acts 3:25; Acts 7:5; Acts 13:23; Romans 1:3; (); ; 2 Corinthians 11:22; 2 Timothy 2:8; Hebrews 2:16; Hebrews 11:18; in plural: παῖς ἐκ βαιλικων σπερμάτων, of royal descent, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 7, 6; τῶν Αβραμιαίων σπερμάτων ἀπόγονοι, 4 Macc. 18:1; equivalent to tribes, races, ἄνθρωποι τέ καί ἀνθρώπων σπερμασι νομοθετουμεν τά νῦν, Plato, legg. 9, p. 853 c. By a rabbinical method of interpreting, opposed to the usage of the Hebrew זֶרַע , which signifies the offspring whether consisting of one person or many, Paul lays such stress on the singular number in Genesis 13:15; Genesis 17:8 as to make it denote but one of Abraham's posterity, and that the Messiah: Galatians 3:16, also Galatians 3:19; and yet, that the way in which Pard presses the singular here is not utterly at variance with the genius of the Jewish-Greek language is evident from Αβραμιαίων σπερμάτων ἀπόγονοι, 4 Macc. 18:1, where the plural is used of many descendants ((cf. Delitzsch, Br. a. d. Röm., p. 16 note 2; Lightfoot on Galatians, the passage cited)). τό σπέρμα (Ἀβραάμ) τό ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, the seed which is such according to the decision of the law, physical offspring (see νόμος, 2, p. 428{a}), τό ἐκ πίστεως Ἀβραάμ, those who are called Abraham's posterity on account of the faith by which they are akin to him (see πίστις, 1 b. ἆ., p. 513{b} and ἐκ, II. 7), Romans 4:16; add, ; ; Galatians 3:29; similarly, Christians are called, in Revelation 12:17, the σπέρμα of the church (which is likened to a mother, Galatians 4:26). β. whatever possesses vital force or life-giving power: τό σπέρμα τοῦ Θεοῦ ((but anarthrous)), the Holy Spirit, the divine energy operating within the soul by which we are regenerated or made the τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 John 3:9.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance seed, offspringFrom speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting) -- issue, seed. see GREEK speiro Forms and Transliterations σπερμα σπέρμα σπερμασιν σπέρμασιν σπέρματα σπερματι σπέρματι σπέρματί σπερματίζον σπερματισθή σπερματισμόν σπερματος σπερματός σπέρματος σπέρματός σπερματων σπερμάτων σπόρον sperma spérma spermasin spérmasin spermati spérmati spérmatí spermaton spermatōn spermáton spermátōn spermatos spérmatos sporon spóronLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 4690 43 Occurrencesσπέρμα — 24 Occ.σπέρμασιν — 1 Occ.σπέρματι — 7 Occ.σπερμάτων — 3 Occ.σπέρματος — 8 Occ.Matthew 13:24 N-ANSGRK: σπείραντι καλὸν σπέρμα ἐν τῷNAS: who sowed good seed in his field. KJV: which sowed good seed in his INT: having sown good seed in the Matthew 13:27 N-ANS GRK: οὐχὶ καλὸν σπέρμα ἔσπειρας ἐν NAS: good seed in your field? KJV: thou sow good seed in thy INT: not good seed did you sow in Matthew 13:32 N-GNP GRK: πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων ὅταν δὲ NAS: than all [other] seeds, but when KJV: the least of all seeds: but when INT: of all the seeds when however Matthew 13:37 N-ANS GRK: τὸ καλὸν σπέρμα ἐστὶν ὁ NAS: the good seed is the Son KJV: the good seed is INT: the good seed is the Matthew 13:38 N-NNS GRK: δὲ καλὸν σπέρμα οὗτοί εἰσιν NAS: and [as for] the good seed, these KJV: the good seed are the children INT: and [the] good seed these are Matthew 22:24 N-ANS GRK: καὶ ἀναστήσει σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ KJV: and raise up seed unto his brother. INT: and will raise up children for the brother Matthew 22:25 N-ANS GRK: μὴ ἔχων σπέρμα ἀφῆκεν τὴν NAS: and having no children left his wife KJV: having no issue, left his INT: not having seed left the Mark 4:31 N-GNP GRK: πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ NAS: than all the seeds that are upon the soil, KJV: is less than all the seeds that be in INT: of all the seeds which [are] upon Mark 12:19 N-ANS GRK: καὶ ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ NAS: AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER. KJV: and raise up seed unto his brother. INT: and raise up seed for the brother Mark 12:20 N-ANS GRK: οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα NAS: leaving no children. KJV: left no seed. INT: not left seed Mark 12:21 N-ANS GRK: μὴ καταλιπὼν σπέρμα καὶ ὁ NAS: no children; and the third KJV: left he any seed: and the third INT: not having left seed and the Mark 12:22 N-ANS GRK: οὐκ ἀφῆκαν σπέρμα ἔσχατον πάντων NAS: left no children. Last of all KJV: left no seed: last of all INT: not left seed last of all Luke 1:55 N-DNS GRK: καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εἰς NAS: To Abraham and his descendants forever. KJV: and to his seed for ever. INT: and to the descendants of him for Luke 20:28 N-ANS GRK: καὶ ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ NAS: AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER. KJV: and raise up seed unto his brother. INT: and should raise up seed to the brother John 7:42 N-GNS GRK: ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυίδ καὶ NAS: comes from the descendants of David, KJV: cometh of the seed of David, and INT: out of the seed of David and John 8:33 N-NNS GRK: πρὸς αὐτόν Σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν NAS: Him, We are Abraham's descendants and have never KJV: We be Abraham's seed, and were INT: to him Seed Abraham's we are John 8:37 N-NNS GRK: οἶδα ὅτι σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐστε NAS: that you are Abraham's descendants; yet KJV: ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek INT: I know that seed of Abraham you are Acts 3:25 N-DNS GRK: ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται NAS: to Abraham, AND IN YOUR SEED ALL KJV: And in thy seed shall all INT: in the seed of you will be blessed Acts 7:5 N-DNS GRK: καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ' NAS: IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER KJV: and to his seed after him, INT: and to the descendants of him after Acts 7:6 N-NNS GRK: ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ πάροικον NAS: to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS KJV: That his seed should sojourn INT: will be the descendants of him a sojourner Acts 13:23 N-GNS GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν NAS: From the descendants of this man, KJV: Of this man's seed hath God INT: of the seed according to promise Romans 1:3 N-GNS GRK: γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ κατὰ NAS: who was born of a descendant of David KJV: of the seed of David INT: having come of [the] seed of David according to Romans 4:13 N-DNS GRK: ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ τὸ NAS: or to his descendants that he would be heir KJV: or to his seed, through the law, INT: or the descendants of him that Romans 4:16 N-DNS GRK: παντὶ τῷ σπέρματι οὐ τῷ NAS: to all the descendants, not only KJV: sure to all the seed; not to that only INT: to all the seed not to that Romans 4:18 N-NNS GRK: ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου NAS: SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE. KJV: shall thy seed be. INT: will be the descendants of you 43 Occurrences
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