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
| Luke 12:24 | Consider the ravens: for they (speirousin | σπείρουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) do (speirousin | σπείρουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) not sow (speirousin | σπείρουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), neither do they reap; for them there is neither storehouse nor granary, yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! |
| Luke 19:21 | for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man: you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) did (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) not sow.’ (espeiras | ἔσπειρας | aor act ind 2 sg) |
| Luke 19:22 | He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew, did you, that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I (espeira | ἔσπειρα | aor act ind 1 sg) did (espeira | ἔσπειρα | aor act ind 1 sg) not sow (espeira | ἔσπειρα | aor act ind 1 sg)? |
| John 4:36 | The reaper is already receiving wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) and the reaper may rejoice together. |
| John 4:37 | For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) and another reaps.’ |
| 1 Corinthians 9:11 | If we sowed (espeiramen | ἐσπείραμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? |
| 1 Corinthians 15:36 | You fool! What you sow (speireis | σπείρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) does not come to life unless it dies. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:37 | And what you sow (speireis | σπείρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:42 | So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) in a perishable state, it is raised imperishable. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:43 | It is sown (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) in humiliation, it is raised in glory; it is sown (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) in weakness, it is raised in power; |
| 1 Corinthians 15:44 | it is sown (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:6 | Remember this: the one who sows (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) generously will also reap generously. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:10 | The one who supplies seed to the sower (speironti | σπείροντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. |
| Galatians 6:7 | Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows (speirē | σπείρῃ | pres act subj 3 sg), that will he also reap. |
| Galatians 6:8 | For the one who sows (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to his own flesh, from the flesh will reap corruption; but the one who sows (speirōn | σπείρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. |
| James 3:18 | And a harvest of righteousness is (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) sown (speiretai | σπείρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) in peace by those who make peace. |
