זֶרַע zera

Hebrew word for “seed” · Strong’s H2233 · used 229 times in 205 verses

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Meaning

: children/descendants;

Senses in the lexicon

• seed: children (177)
• seed (44)
• seed: semen (8)

How it is translated

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

• offspring 152
• seed 49
• spring 6
• one of the offspring 6
• any of offspring 4
• one of offspring 3
• among offspring 1
• will be offspring 1
• will be the offspring 1
• some of the offspring 1
• one of the descendants 1
• like the seed 1

Where it is used

Also in 16 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 17 (6), Genesis 15 (4), Leviticus 15 (4), Genesis 1 (3), Genesis 26 (3), Genesis 28 (3), Genesis 47 (3), Genesis 48 (3), Leviticus 20 (3), Leviticus 21 (3)

Forms

• זרע 69
• זרעך 37
• זרעו 16
• מזרע 13
• ולזרעך 8
• וזרע 8
• לזרעך 7
• הזרע 7
• וזרעו 7
• ולזרעו 6

Words used with it

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

• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 22
• זָרַע zara “to sow” 14
• אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 16
• אִם im “if” 19
• אַחַר achar “after” 17
• אֵת et “with” 18
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 14
• זֹאת zot “this” 16
• אָב av “father” 19
• ךָּ ka “you” 16
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 16
• שְׁכָבָה shekhavah “semen” 7

Key verses

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

• Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• Genesis 12:7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
• Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
• Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
• Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and…
• Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the…
• Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give…
• Isaiah 1:4 — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One…
• Isaiah 41:8 — But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
• Isaiah 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare…
• Isaiah 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his…

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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.