Gloss
to sow seed, scatter seed
Forms of the word
Dictionary
σπείρω
Greek transliteration
speirō
Simplified transliteration
speiro
Principal Parts
-, ἔσπειρα, -, ἔσπαρμαι, ἐσπάρην
Numbers
Strong's number
4687
GK Number
5062
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
52
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-2d(3)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for σπείρω
| Matthew 6:26 | Look at the birds of the air, they (speirousin | σπείρουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) neither sow (speirousin | σπείρουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they? |
| Matthew 13:3 | And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) went out to sow (speirein | σπείρειν | pres act inf ). |
| Matthew 13:4 | And as he sowed (speirein | σπείρειν | pres act inf ), some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. |
| Matthew 13:18 | “Hear then the parable of the sower: (speirantos | σπείραντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) |
| Matthew 13:19 | When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which was sown (esparmenon | ἐσπαρμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg neut) in his heart. This is what was (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) sown (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) along the path. |
| Matthew 13:20 | As for the one (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) who (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) was (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) sown (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) on rocky places, this is the one who hears the message and immediately receives it with joy; |
| Matthew 13:22 | As for the one (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) who (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) was (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) sown (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) among thorns, this is the one who hears the message, but worldly anxiety and the deception of wealth choke the message and it becomes unfruitful. |
| Matthew 13:23 | As for the one (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) who (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) was (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) sown (spareis | σπαρείς | aor pass ptcp nom sg masc) on good soil, this is the one who hears the message and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.” |
| Matthew 13:24 | Jesus put another parable before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing (speiranti | σπείραντι | aor act ptcp dat sg masc) good seed in his field. |
| Matthew 13:27 | And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Sir, did (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) you (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) not sow (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) good seed in your field? Why then does it have weeds?’ |
| Matthew 13:31 | He gave them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed (espeiren | ἔσπειρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in his field. |
| Matthew 13:37 | And he answered, saying, “The one who sows (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the good seed is the Son of Man; |
| Matthew 13:39 | and the enemy who sowed (speiras | σπείρας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the harvesters are the angels. |
| Matthew 25:24 | Then the one who had received the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) have (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) not sown (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) and gathering where you scattered no seed; |
| Matthew 25:26 | But his master answered him, saying, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I (espeira | ἔσπειρα | aor act ind 1 sg) have (espeira | ἔσπειρα | aor act ind 1 sg) not sown (espeira | ἔσπειρα | aor act ind 1 sg) and gather where I scattered no seed? |
| Mark 4:3 | “Listen! A sower (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) went out to sow (speirai | σπεῖραι | aor act inf ). |
| Mark 4:4 | And as he was sowing (speirein | σπείρειν | pres act inf ), some seed fell along the path, and birds came and ate it up. |
| Mark 4:14 | The sower (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) sows (speirei | σπείρει | pres act ind 3 sg) the word. sows (speirei | σπείρει | pres act ind 3 sg) |
| Mark 4:15 | These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) whenever they hear, Satan immediately comes Satan and carries off the word that was sown (esparmenon | ἐσπαρμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg masc) in them. |
| Mark 4:16 | These are the ones (speiromenoi | σπειρόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) sown (speiromenoi | σπειρόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) on rocky ground: ones sown (speiromenoi | σπειρόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) whenever they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. they receive it |
| Mark 4:18 | Others are the ones sown (speiromenoi | σπειρόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) among the thorns: sown (speiromenoi | σπειρόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) these are the ones who hear the word, who hear |
| Mark 4:20 | These are the ones sown (sparentes | σπαρέντες | aor pass ptcp nom pl masc) on good soil: good sown (sparentes | σπαρέντες | aor pass ptcp nom pl masc) they hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit — thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.” |
| Mark 4:31 | It is like a mustard seed mustard that, when it is sown (sparē | σπαρῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) in the ground, is smaller than all of the seeds on earth. |
| Mark 4:32 | Yet when it is sown (sparē | σπαρῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg), it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, large so that the birds of the air are able to nest in its shade.” |
| Luke 8:5 | “A sower (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) went out to sow (speirai | σπεῖραι | aor act inf ) his seed. And as he sowed (speirein | σπείρειν | pres act inf ), some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of heaven devoured it. |
