σπέρμα, -τος, τό (σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;] seed; (a) of plants: Mat.13:24, 27 13:37-38, 2Co.9:10; pl., Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:31, 1Co.15:33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Isa.1:9; cf. Wis.14:6; Plat., Tim., 23c; FlJ, Ant., xi, 5, 3), Rom.9:29; (b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Lev.15:16, al.): Heb.11:11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1Jn.3:9; by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mat.22:24-25, Mrk.12:19-22, Luk.1:55 20:28" (LXX) Jhn.7:42 8:33, 37 Act.3:25 7:5-6 13:23, Rom.1:3 4:13, 18 9:7-8 11:1, 2Co.11:22, Gal.3:16, 19, 2Ti.2:8, Heb.2:16 11:18; pl. (FlJ, Ant., viii, 7, 6; Flat., Leg., ix, 853 with; 4Ma.18:1; in Ga, l.with, contrasted with sing., see Lft., in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Gal.3:16; of spiritual offspring, Rom.4:16, 18 9:8, Gal.3:29, Rev.12:17.† (AS)
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G4690 — σπέρμα
sperma · seed: offspring · Greek
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Matthew 13:24 · σπέρμαAnother parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field :Matthew 13:27 · σπέρμαAnd the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?Matthew 13:32 · σπερμάτων,which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.Matthew 13:37 · σπέρμαAnd he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;Matthew 13:38 · σπέρμα,and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;Matthew 22:24 · σπέρμαsaying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Matthew 22:25 · σπέρμαNow there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;Mark 4:31 · σπερμάτωνIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,Mark 12:19 · σπέρμαTeacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Mark 12:20 · σπέρμα.There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;Mark 12:21 · σπέρμαand the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:Mark 12:22 · σπέρμα.and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.Luke 1:55 · σπέρματι(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.Luke 20:28 · σπέρμαand they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.John 7:42 · σπέρματοςHath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?John 8:33 · σπέρμαThey answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?John 8:37 · σπέρμαI know that ye are Abraham’s seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.Acts 3:25 · σπέρματίYe are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Acts 7:5 · σπέρματιand he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.Acts 7:6 · σπέρμαAnd God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.Acts 13:23 · σπέρματοςOf this man’s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;Romans 1:3 · σπέρματοςconcerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,Romans 4:13 · σπέρματιFor not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.Romans 4:16 · σπέρματι,For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us allRomans 4:18 · σπέρμαWho in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.Romans 9:7 · σπέρμα · σπέρμα.neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Romans 9:8 · σπέρμα.That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.Romans 9:29 · σπέρμα,And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.Romans 11:1 · σπέρματοςI say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.1 Corinthians 15:38 · σπερμάτωνbut God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.2 Corinthians 11:22 · σπέρμαAre they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.Galatians 3:16 · σπέρματι · σπέρμασιν · σπέρματίNow to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.Galatians 3:19 · σπέρμαWhat then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.Galatians 3:29 · σπέρμαAnd if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.2 Timothy 2:8 · σπέρματοςRemember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:Hebrews 2:16 · σπέρματοςFor verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.Hebrews 11:11 · σπέρματοςBy faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:Hebrews 11:18 · σπέρμα·even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:1 John 3:9 · σπέρμαWhosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.Revelation 12:17 · σπέρματοςAnd the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus: