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) Definition: that which is sown, seed Usage: (a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom speiró Definition that which is sown, i.e. seed NASB Translation children (7), conceive* (1), descendant (4), descendants (16), posterity (1), seed (10), seeds (4). 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; ( From 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 Englishman's Concordance Matthew 13:24 N-ANSGRK: σπείραντι καλὸν σπέρμα ἐν τῷ NAS: 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 Matthew 13:32 N-GNP Matthew 13:37 N-ANS Matthew 13:38 N-NNS Matthew 22:24 N-ANS Matthew 22:25 N-ANS Mark 4:31 N-GNP Mark 12:19 N-ANS Mark 12:20 N-ANS Mark 12:21 N-ANS Mark 12:22 N-ANS Luke 1:55 N-DNS Luke 20:28 N-ANS John 7:42 N-GNS John 8:33 N-NNS John 8:37 N-NNS Acts 3:25 N-DNS Acts 7:5 N-DNS Acts 7:6 N-NNS Acts 13:23 N-GNS Romans 1:3 N-GNS Romans 4:13 N-DNS Romans 4:16 N-DNS Romans 4:18 N-NNS Strong's Greek 4690 |
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