seed: offspring

Greek Noun Neuter

σπέρμα, -τος, τό (σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע;] seed; (a) of plants: Mat.13:24, 27 13:37-38, 2Co.9:10; pl, Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:31, 1Co.15:33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Isa.1:9; cf. Wis.14:6; Plat, Tim, 23c; FlJ, Ant., xi, 5, 3), Rom.9:29; (b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl; cf. in LXX, Lev.15:16, al.): Heb.11:11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1Jn.3:9; by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mat.22:24-25, Mrk.12:19-22, Luk.1:55 20:28 " (LXX) Jhn.7:42 8:33, 37 Act.3:25 7:5-6 13:23, Rom.1:3 4:13, 18 9:7-8 11:1, 2Co.11:22, Gal.3:16, 19, 2Ti.2:8, Heb.2:16 11:18; pl. (FlJ, Ant., viii, 7, 6; Flat, Leg, ix, 853 with; 4Ma.18:1; in Ga, l.with, contrasted with sing, see Lft, in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Gal.3:16; of spiritual offspring, Rom.4:16, 18 9:8, Gal.3:29, Rev.12:17. (AS)

seed: offspring

Greek Noun Neuter

σπέρμ-α, ατος, τό, (σπείρω) seed, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] I) mostly, seed of plants, σ. ἀνιέναι, κρύπτειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. τῇ γῇ διδόναι, ἐμβαλεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fruit, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς γαίης σπέρμασι with the products of earth, of corn-stalks, [Refs 1st c.AD+] I.2) metaphorically, germ, origin of anything, σ. πυρός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπέρματα, ={στοιχεῖα}, elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]Ep.2p.38 U, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.3) seed-time, sowing, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) of animals, seed, semen, φέροισα σ. θεοῦ pregnant by the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but σ. φέρειν Ἡρακλέους to be pregnant of Heracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) race, origin, descent, τοὐμὸν. σπέρμ᾽ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνος εἶ σπέρματος πατρόθε; [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) frequently in Poets, seed, offspring, τὸ βρότειον σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. [τοῦ Ἀβραάμ] [NT]; sometimes of a single person, [NT+5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting); issue, seed; from g4687 (σπείρω)