◄ G4690 ►
σπέρμα
Transliteration
sperma;
Pronunciation
sper'-mah
Parts of Speech
n n
Root Word (Etymology)
from 4687
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 7:536
KJV Translation Count — 44x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: seed (43), issue (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. from which a plant germinates
a. the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants
1. of the grains or kernels sown
b. metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)
2. the semen virile
a. the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
b. family, tribe, posterity
c. whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
1. of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
Strong's Definitions
sper'-mah; from (4687) (σπείρω); something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication offspring; specially a remnant (figurative as if kept over for planting): — issue, seed.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good G4690 in his field:
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good G4690 in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Which indeed is the least of all G4690s: 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.
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good G4690 is the Son of man;
The field is the world; the good G4690 are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up G4690 unto his brother.
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no G4690, left his wife unto his brother:
It is like a grain of mustard G4690, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the G4690s that be in the earth:
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up G4690 unto his brother.
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no G4690.