σπέρμα
spérma
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
Lexicon
Derivation: from G4687 (σπείρω);
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
- something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm")
- by implication, offspring
- specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: issue, seed
Usage
43 occurrences · 0 OT · 43 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seed28 · 64%
- the seed9 · 20%
- seeds1 · 2%
- issue1 · 2%
- the seeds1 · 2%
- any seed1 · 2%
- a seed1 · 2%
- to seeds1 · 2%
- him the seed1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.