σπέρμα sperma

Greek word for “seed” · Strong’s G4690 · used 43 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

σπέρμα, -τος, τό; (σπείρω);

Senses in the lexicon

• seed: offspring (36)
• seed(s) (7)

How it is translated

Glosses given for sperma in context, with how often each is used:

• seed 27
• offspring 6
• descendants 5
• seeds 4
• children 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (5), Mark 12 (4), Romans 4 (3), Romans 9 (3), Galatians 3 (3), Matthew 22 (2), John 8 (2), Acts 7 (2), Hebrews 11 (2), Mark 4 (1)

Forms

• σπέρμα 24
• σπέρματος 8
• σπέρματι 5
• σπερμάτων 3
• σπέρματί 2
• σπέρμασιν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sperma more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Ἀβραάμ Abraam “Abraham” 12
• ἐπαγγελία epangelia “promise” 6
• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 6
• γυνή gunē “woman” 7
• τέκνον teknon “child” 5
• σπείρω speirō “to sow” 4
• ἐπαγγέλλω epangellō “to profess” 3
• καλός kalos “good” 4
• κατά kata “according to” 6
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 5
• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 4
• ἀγρός agros “field” 3

Key verses

The verses using sperma that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
• Matthew 13:38 — The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
• Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the…
• Acts 13:23 — Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
• Romans 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
• Romans 4:16 — Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that…
• Romans 11:1 — I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
• Galatians 3:16 — Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
• Galatians 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels…
• Galatians 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• 1 John 3:9 — Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
• Revelation 12:17 — And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.