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 simile he set before them, saying: ‘The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,Matthew 13:27 · σπέρμα‘And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?Matthew 13:32 · σπερμάτων,which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.’Matthew 13:37 · σπέρμαAnd he answering said to them, ‘He who is sowing 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 reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,Matthew 22:24 · σπέρμα‘Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.Matthew 22:25 · σπέρμα‘And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;Mark 4:31 · σπερμάτωνAs a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;Mark 12:19 · σπέρμα‘Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one’s brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.Mark 12:20 · σπέρμα.‘There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;Mark 12:21 · σπέρμαand the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner,Mark 12:22 · σπέρμα.and the seven took her, and left no seed, last of all died also the woman;Luke 1:55 · σπέρματιAs He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed—to the age.’Luke 20:28 · σπέρμαsaying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one’s brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless—that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.John 7:42 · σπέρματοςDid not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem—the village where David was—the Christ doth come?’John 8:33 · σπέρμαThey answered him, ‘Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say—Ye shall become free?’John 8:37 · σπέρμα‘I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;Acts 3:25 · σπέρματί‘Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;Acts 7:5 · σπέρματιand He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him—he having no child.Acts 7:6 · σπέρμα‘And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,Acts 13:23 · σπέρματος‘Of this one’s seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour—Jesus,Romans 1:3 · σπέρματοςconcerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,Romans 4:13 · σπέρματιFor not through law is the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;Romans 4:16 · σπέρματι,Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,Romans 4:18 · σπέρμαWho, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: ‘So shall thy seed be;’Romans 9:7 · σπέρμα · σπέρμα.nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but—‘in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;’Romans 9:8 · σπέρμα.that is, the children of the flesh—these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;Romans 9:29 · σπέρμα,and according as Isaiah saith before, ‘Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.’Romans 11:1 · σπέρματοςI say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:1 Corinthians 15:38 · σπερμάτωνand God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.2 Corinthians 11:22 · σπέρμαHebrews are they? I also! Israelites are they? I also! seed of Abraham are they? I also!Galatians 3:16 · σπέρματι · σπέρμασιν · σπέρματίand to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, ‘And to seeds,’ as of many, but as of one, ‘And to thy seed,’ which is Christ;Galatians 3:19 · σπέρμαWhy, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator—Galatians 3:29 · σπέρμαand if ye are of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise—heirs.2 Timothy 2:8 · σπέρματοςRemember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,Hebrews 2:16 · σπέρματοςfor, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,Hebrews 11:11 · σπέρματοςBy faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;Hebrews 11:18 · σπέρμα·of whom it was said—‘In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;’1 John 3:9 · σπέρμαevery one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.Revelation 12:17 · σπέρματοςand the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.