Strong G4701σπορά
seed
- Transliteration
- spora
- Pronunciation
- spor-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4687; a sowing that is (by implication) parentage: - seed.
Detailed definition
σπορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(σπείρω), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:29 (זָרַע), 1Ma.10:30 *;]
1. a sowing.
2. seedtime.
3. seed sown (of human offspring, Soph., Tr., 316, 420): 1Pe.1:23
(cf. σπέρμα, and see Milligan, NTD, 105 f.).†
(AS)
(σπείρω), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:29 (זָרַע), 1Ma.10:30 *;]
1. a sowing.
2. seedtime.
3. seed sown (of human offspring, Soph., Tr., 316, 420): 1Pe.1:23
(cf. σπέρμα, and see Milligan, NTD, 105 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4701 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seed1
First verses
- 1 Peter 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σπορ-ά, ἡ,
(σπείρω) sowing of seed, σπερμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134e: hence _metaphorically_, μαθημάτων εἰς ψυχήν [prev. passage])]
b of children, σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε from this origin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 871)]; τοιοῦτος ὢν τοιῷδ᾽ ὀνειδίζεις σπορά; his origin, birth.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1298)]; procreation, παίδων, γένους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729c, 783a)]; τὴν Ῥωμύλου σ. begetting, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.320b, compare 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 103, 105.)]
2 seed-time, sowing-time, ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.2.6)]; δεκέτεσιν σποραῖσιν in the tenth seed-time, i.e. year, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1152 (Lyric poetry).)]
II seed, [NT (NT.1Pet.1.23, “PLeid.W.” 11.50)]; field sown, ξηρὰ σ. dry land, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 637)]; σ. δράκοντος ground sown with the dragon's teeth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1125 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.b of persons, seed, offspring, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 316, 420; γυναῖκα καὶ τέκνων.. σποράν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 598)]: plural, young ones, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 56: generally, θῆλυς σ)]. the female race, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 659)]; θήλεια σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 503.)]
(σπείρω) sowing of seed, σπερμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134e: hence _metaphorically_, μαθημάτων εἰς ψυχήν [prev. passage])]
b of children, σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε from this origin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 871)]; τοιοῦτος ὢν τοιῷδ᾽ ὀνειδίζεις σπορά; his origin, birth.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1298)]; procreation, παίδων, γένους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729c, 783a)]; τὴν Ῥωμύλου σ. begetting, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.320b, compare 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 103, 105.)]
2 seed-time, sowing-time, ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.2.6)]; δεκέτεσιν σποραῖσιν in the tenth seed-time, i.e. year, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1152 (Lyric poetry).)]
II seed, [NT (NT.1Pet.1.23, “PLeid.W.” 11.50)]; field sown, ξηρὰ σ. dry land, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 637)]; σ. δράκοντος ground sown with the dragon's teeth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1125 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.b of persons, seed, offspring, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 316, 420; γυναῖκα καὶ τέκνων.. σποράν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 598)]: plural, young ones, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 56: generally, θῆλυς σ)]. the female race, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hec.” 659)]; θήλεια σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 503.)]