Gloss
seed, the part of a plant or animal that can propagate the species (cf. sperm); by extension: children, offspring, descendants
Forms of the word
Dictionary
σπέρμα, -ατος, τό
Greek transliteration
sperma
Simplified transliteration
sperma
Numbers
Strong's number
4690
GK Number
5065
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
43
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(4)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for σπέρμα
| Matthew 13:24 | Jesus put another parable before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut) in his field. |
| Matthew 13:27 | And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut) in your field? Why then does it have weeds?’ |
| Matthew 13:32 | It is the smallest of all the seeds (spermatōn | σπερμάτων | gen pl neut); but when it is grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” |
| Matthew 13:37 | And he answered, saying, “The one who sows the good seed (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut) is the Son of Man; |
| Matthew 13:38 | and the field is the world; and as for the good seed (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut), these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one; |
| Matthew 22:24 | They said, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut) for his brother.’ |
| Matthew 22:25 | Now there were seven brothers among us; the first one married and died, and since he had no children (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut), he left his wife to his brother. |
| Mark 4:31 | It is like a mustard seed mustard that, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all of the seeds (spermatōn | σπερμάτων | gen pl neut) on earth. |
| Mark 12:19 | “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife, but not leave behind a child, the brother should take the widow and raise up offspring (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut) for his brother. |
| Mark 12:20 | There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died he left no offspring (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut). |
| Mark 12:21 | Then the second brother took her, and he died, leaving behind no offspring (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut). And the third likewise. |
| Mark 12:22 | And the seven did not leave offspring (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut). Last of all the woman also died. |
| Luke 1:55 | as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut) forever.” |
| Luke 20:28 | saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies, having a wife, but is childless, then his brother must take the widow and raise up offspring (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut) for his brother. |
| John 7:42 | Has not the scripture said that the Christ will be a descendant (spermatos | σπέρματος | gen sg neut) of David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was born?” |
| John 8:33 | They replied to him, “We are descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?” |
| John 8:37 | I know that you are Abraham’s descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut); but you are intent on killing me, because my teaching makes no headway in you. |
| Acts 3:25 | You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut) shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ |
| Acts 7:5 | Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his descendants (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut) after him, though as yet Abraham had no child. |
| Acts 7:6 | And God spoke thus, that Abraham’s descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years. |
| Acts 13:23 | It was from the offspring (spermatos | σπέρματος | gen sg neut) of this man that God according to promise brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. |
| Romans 1:3 | the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh, |
| Romans 4:13 | For the promise that he would be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut) through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. |
| Romans 4:16 | For this reason the promise is based on faith, that it may depend on grace and be made certain to all his descendants (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut), not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. |
| Romans 4:18 | Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become the father of many nations according to what had been spoken, “So will your descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) be.” |
