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
| Romans 9:7 | neither are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut); on the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) will be named.” |
| Romans 9:8 | This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut). |
| Romans 9:29 | And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left to us descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | acc sg neut), we would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.” |
| Romans 11:1 | So I ask, has God repudiated his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:38 | But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed (spermatōn | σπερμάτων | gen pl neut) its own body. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:22 | Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) of Abraham? So am I. |
| Galatians 3:16 | Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut). Scripture does not say, “and to descendants,” (spermasin | σπέρμασιν | dat pl neut) referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” (spermati | σπέρματι | dat sg neut) referring to one, who is Christ. |
| Galatians 3:19 | Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the descendant (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) should come to whom the promise had been made. It was established through angels by a mediator. |
| Galatians 3:29 | And if you belong to Christ, then you are descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) of Abraham, heirs according to the promise. |
| 2 Timothy 2:8 | Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, from the seed (spermatos | σπέρματος | gen sg neut) of David, in accordance with my gospel, |
| Hebrews 2:16 | For surely he does not reach out to help angels, but he reaches out to help the seed (spermatos | σπέρματος | gen sg neut) of Abraham. |
| Hebrews 11:11 | By faith Abraham was enabled to become a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise. |
| Hebrews 11:18 | of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) will be named for you.” |
| 1 John 3:9 | No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, because God’s seed (sperma | σπέρμα | nom sg neut) abides in him. He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. |
| Revelation 12:17 | So the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her children (spermatos | σπέρματος | gen sg neut), those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. |
