Strong G4702σπόριμος

grainfield

Transliteration
sporimos
Pronunciation
spor'-ee-mos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G4703; sown that is (neuter plural) a planted field: - corn (-field).

Detailed definition

σπόριμος, -ον
(σπείρω) [in LXX: Gen.1:29, Lev.11:37 (זָרַע), Sir 40:22 א1 *;]
fit for sowing, sown; as subst., τὰ σ., corn-fields: Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23, Luk.6:1.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4702 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • field2
  • corn1

First verses

  1. Matthew 12:1
    At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
  2. Mark 2:23
    And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
  3. Luke 6:1
    And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σπόρῐμος, ον
(ᾱ, ον [Refs (“Hymnus ad Isim” 162)]; η, ον, see #1.3), (σπείρω) sown, to be sown, fit for sowing, αὖλαξ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.219)]; γῆ σ. seed-land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.10, etc.)]; so ἡ σ (i.e. γῆ) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.5.4; σ. ἄρουραι “PGiss.” 28.4 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τὰ σ. the corn-fields, [NT (NT.Matt.12.1, “Geoponica” 1.12.37)]; γένοιτο αὐτῷ τὰ σ. ἄσπορα Tab.Defix. in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“BCH” 51.149 (Salamis 5th c.AD: Cypria))]; πεδίων σπορίμαν βάσιν, i.e. solid corn-fields, [Refs (“Hymnus ad Isim” [prev. cited])]
2 σ. σπέρμα fit for sowing or bearing seed, [LXX (LXX.Gen.1.29.)]
3 μὴν σ. a month for sowing, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.378e: _metaphorically_, σπορίμη ἡμέρα)] day of conception, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 50.31, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “R.” 1; σπόριμος γένεσις “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8 (1).244.)]
4 μέτρον σ. a measure of seed-corn, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.95 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus).)]
II active, αἰδὼς σ.,= τὸ αἰδοῖον, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.396.)]