Strong's Hebrew · H2233

זֶרַע

zeraʻ · zeh'-rah

[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.

Definition

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Derivation

from H2232 (זָרַע);

Appears 229 times in Scripture

Genesis 7:3

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.

Genesis 4:25

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.”

Genesis 3:15

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.”

Genesis 1:29

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.

Genesis 1:11

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.

Genesis 1:12

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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