זָרַע zara
Hebrew word for “to sow” · Strong’s H2232 · used 56 times in 54 verses
Meaning
1) to sow, scatter seed;
How it is translated
Glosses given for zara in context, with how often each is used:
- will sow 18
- sow 8
- sowed 5
- which bears seed 4
- sown 4
- will be sown 3
- those who sow 2
- one who sows 2
- sower 2
- will bear a child 1
- will be impregnated 1
- sowers 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 9 | 0.8 | |
| Isaiah | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 |
Also in 7 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 25 (5), Genesis 1 (3), Exodus 23 (2), Ecclesiastes 11 (2), Genesis 26 (1), Genesis 47 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), Leviticus 12 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Leviticus 26 (1)
Forms
- תזרע 11
- זרע 5
- זרעו 5
- יזרע 4
- וזרעתם 3
- תזרעו 3
- מזריע 2
- זורע 2
- לזרע 2
- ויזרע 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with zara more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קָצַר qatsar “to reap” 11
- זֶרַע zera “seed” 14
- תְּבוּאָה tevuah “produce” 8
- כֶּרֶם kerem “vineyard” 7
- נָטַע nata “to plant” 6
- שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 10
- פְּרִי peri “fruit” 6
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 8
- כֶם khem “you” 7
- עֵשֶׂב esev “vegetation” 4
- סָפִיחַ saphiach “aftergrowth” 3
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 5
Key verses
The verses using zara that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
- Leviticus 26:16 — I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart:…
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of…
- Judges 6:3 — And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
- Psalms 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Isaiah 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and…
- Isaiah 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in…
- Jeremiah 2:2 — Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest…
- Hosea 2:23 — And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art…
- Hosea 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow…
- Hosea 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Haggai 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and…
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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.