זָרַע
zâraʻ · zaw-rah'
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
- to sow
- figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to see and know
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָרַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
56 occurrences · 56 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sow4 · 11%
- yielding3 · 8%
- thou shalt sow3 · 8%
- and sow3 · 8%
- which thou hast sown2 · 5%
- thou shalt not sow2 · 5%
- and ye shall sow2 · 5%
- and i will sow2 · 5%
- bearing1 · 3%
- sowed1 · 3%
- for you, and ye shall sow1 · 3%
- which is to be sown1 · 3%
- have conceived seed1 · 3%
- thou shalt neither sow1 · 3%
- be unto you: ye shall not sow1 · 3%
- behold, we shall not sow1 · 3%
- and shall conceive1 · 3%
- where thou sowedst1 · 3%
- nor sown1 · 3%
- that it is not sown1 · 3%
- had sown1 · 3%
- and sowed1 · 3%
- then let me sow1 · 3%
- is sown1 · 3%
- they that sow1 · 3%
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.