Strong's Greek · G4690

σπέρμα

spérma

issue, seed

Definition

something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)

Derivation

from G4687 (σπείρω);

Appears 43 times in Scripture

Mark 12:21

Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

Matthew 13:32

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Matthew 22:24

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 13:24

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:27

The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

Mark 12:22

In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

Matthew 22:25

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 13:37

He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

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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