Strong's Greek · G2848

κόκκος

kókkos

corn, grain

Definition

a kernel of seed

Derivation

apparently a primary word;

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Matthew 17:20

“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Luke 17:6

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

1 Corinthians 15:37

And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

Matthew 13:31

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

John 12:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Luke 13:19

It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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