Strong G4690G4690Hσπέρμα
seed(s)
One of the 2 senses of Strong G4690
- Transliteration
- sperma
- Pronunciation
- sper'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4687; somethng sown that is seed (including the male sperm); by implication offspring; specifically a remnant (figuratively as if kept over for planting): - issue seed.
Detailed definition
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.†
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(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.†
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In the Bible
Strong G4690H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seed7
First verses
- Matthew 13:24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matthew 13:27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Matthew 13:37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
- Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
- 1 Corinthians 15:38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
- 1 John 3:9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σπέρμ-α, ατος, τό,
(σπείρω) seed, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, in _metaphorically_ sense, see below 1.2:)]
I mostly, seed of plants, σ. ἀνιέναι, κρύπτειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 307, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.97: _plural_, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 446)]; σ. τῇ γῇ διδόναι, ἐμβαλεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.8, 10: proverbial, εἰς πέλαγος σ. βαλεῖν “epigram Gr.” 1038.8 (from Pamphylia))]; of fruit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 58.4)]; τοῖς γαίης σπέρμασι with the products of earth, of corn-stalks, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.89 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
I.2 metaphorically, germ, origin of anything, σ. πυρός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.490; φλογός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.48, compare “P.” 3.37)]; σπέρματα, ={στοιχεῖα}, elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus)]Ep.2p.38 U., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“fragment” 250; ὁ τὸ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.159; συκοφάντου σ. καὶ ῥίζαν οἴεται δεῖν ὑπάρχειν τῇ πόλει [prev. author] 25.48; σ. τῆς στάσεως 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 10; τοῦ ὅρκου 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 16.3.)]
I.3 seed-time, sowing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 781.)]
II of animals, seed, semen, φέροισα σ. θεοῦ pregnant by the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.15)]; but σ. φέρειν Ἡρακλέους to be pregnant of Heracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “N.” 10.17; μυελὸν.. εἰς σ. καὶ γόνον μερίζεσθαι 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 86c; σ. παραλαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 553; σπέρματος πλῆσαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 15: _plural_, κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ σ. θεῶν ἀπόγονος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 2.)]
II.2 race, origin, descent, τοὐμὸν.. σπέρμ᾽ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1077)]; τίνος εἶ σπέρματος πατρόθε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 214 (Lyric poetry); γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ Ἀργεῖον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 290, compare “Ch.” 236; σ. ἄντασ᾽ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 981 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.93, etc.)]
II.3 frequently in Poets, seed, offspring, τὸ βρότειον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 399; σ. Πελοπιδῶν [prev. author] “Ch.” 503)]; σ. [τοῦ Ἀβραάμ] [NT (NT.Luke.1.55, etc.)]; sometimes of a single person, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.61, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 705, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 364, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16, LXX.Gen.4.25, etc.: _plural_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 803, 909, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1246, “OC” 600, NT.Gal.3.16; once in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασι νουθετοῦμεν “Lg.” 853c.)]
(σπείρω) seed, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, in _metaphorically_ sense, see below 1.2:)]
I mostly, seed of plants, σ. ἀνιέναι, κρύπτειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 307, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.97: _plural_, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 446)]; σ. τῇ γῇ διδόναι, ἐμβαλεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.8, 10: proverbial, εἰς πέλαγος σ. βαλεῖν “epigram Gr.” 1038.8 (from Pamphylia))]; of fruit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 58.4)]; τοῖς γαίης σπέρμασι with the products of earth, of corn-stalks, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.89 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
I.2 metaphorically, germ, origin of anything, σ. πυρός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.490; φλογός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.48, compare “P.” 3.37)]; σπέρματα, ={στοιχεῖα}, elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus)]Ep.2p.38 U., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“fragment” 250; ὁ τὸ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.159; συκοφάντου σ. καὶ ῥίζαν οἴεται δεῖν ὑπάρχειν τῇ πόλει [prev. author] 25.48; σ. τῆς στάσεως 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 10; τοῦ ὅρκου 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 16.3.)]
I.3 seed-time, sowing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 781.)]
II of animals, seed, semen, φέροισα σ. θεοῦ pregnant by the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.15)]; but σ. φέρειν Ἡρακλέους to be pregnant of Heracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “N.” 10.17; μυελὸν.. εἰς σ. καὶ γόνον μερίζεσθαι 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 86c; σ. παραλαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 553; σπέρματος πλῆσαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 15: _plural_, κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ σ. θεῶν ἀπόγονος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 2.)]
II.2 race, origin, descent, τοὐμὸν.. σπέρμ᾽ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1077)]; τίνος εἶ σπέρματος πατρόθε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 214 (Lyric poetry); γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ Ἀργεῖον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 290, compare “Ch.” 236; σ. ἄντασ᾽ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 981 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.93, etc.)]
II.3 frequently in Poets, seed, offspring, τὸ βρότειον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 399; σ. Πελοπιδῶν [prev. author] “Ch.” 503)]; σ. [τοῦ Ἀβραάμ] [NT (NT.Luke.1.55, etc.)]; sometimes of a single person, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.61, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 705, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 364, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16, LXX.Gen.4.25, etc.: _plural_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 803, 909, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1246, “OC” 600, NT.Gal.3.16; once in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασι νουθετοῦμεν “Lg.” 853c.)]