Strong's Hebrew · H2233
H2233 zeraʻ
זֶרַע
zeh'-rah
seed
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zeraʻ appears 229 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
In the King James Version
× carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
Derivation
from H2232 (זָרַע);
Appears 229 times in Scripture
“and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.”
“And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.””
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.””
“Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.”
“Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.”
“The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
