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 · σπέρμαHe set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,Matthew 13:27 · σπέρμαThe servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?’Matthew 13:32 · σπερμάτων,which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”Matthew 13:37 · σπέρμαHe answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,Matthew 13:38 · σπέρμα,the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.Matthew 22:24 · σπέρμαsaying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’Matthew 22:25 · σπέρμαNow there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.Mark 4:31 · σπερμάτωνIt’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,Mark 12:19 · σπέρμα“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’Mark 12:20 · σπέρμα.There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.Mark 12:21 · σπέρμαThe second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;Mark 12:22 · σπέρμα.and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.Luke 1:55 · σπέρματιAs he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.”Luke 20:28 · σπέρμαThey asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.John 7:42 · σπέρματοςHasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”John 8:33 · σπέρμαThey answered him, “We are Abraham’s seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free?’”John 8:37 · σπέρμαI know that you are Abraham’s seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.Acts 3:25 · σπέρματίYou are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’Acts 7:5 · σπέρματιHe gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.Acts 7:6 · σπέρμαGod spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.Acts 13:23 · σπέρματοςFrom this man’s seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,Romans 1:3 · σπέρματοςconcerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,Romans 4:13 · σπέρματιFor the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, 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 all.Romans 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 will your seed be.”Romans 9:7 · σπέρμα · σπέρμα.Neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children. But, “In Isaac will your seed be called.”Romans 9:8 · σπέρμα.That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.Romans 9:29 · σπέρμα,As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”Romans 11:1 · σπέρματοςI ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.1 Corinthians 15:38 · σπερμάτωνBut God gives 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 the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn’t say, “To seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “To your seed,” which is Christ.Galatians 3:19 · σπέρμαWhat then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.Galatians 3:29 · σπέρμαIf you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.2 Timothy 2:8 · σπέρματοςRemember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,Hebrews 2:16 · σπέρματοςFor most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham.Hebrews 11:11 · σπέρματοςBy faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child 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 will your seed be called;”1 John 3:9 · σπέρμαWhoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.Revelation 12:17 · σπέρματοςThe dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.