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seed
G4690 G4690G = G4690G σπέρμα sperma G:N-N seed: offspring σπέρμα, -τος, τό (σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;] seed; (a) of plants: Mt 13:24, 27 13:37-38, 2Kor 9:10; pl., Mt 13:32, Mk 4:31, 1Kor 15:33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Isa.1:9; cf. Wis.14:6; Plat., Tim., 23c; FlJ, Ant., xi, 5, 3), Rz 9:29; (b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Lev.15:16, itd.): Hbr 11:11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1Jn 3:9; by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mt 22:24-25, Mk 12:19-22, Łk 1:55 20:28" (LXX) Jn 7:42 8:33, 37 Dz 3:25 7:5-6 13:23, Rz 1:3 4:13, 18 9:7-8 11:1, 2Kor 11:22, Ga 3:16, 19, 2Tm 2:8, Hbr 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., zob. Lft., in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Ga 3:16; of spiritual offspring, Rz 4:16, 18 9:8, Ga 3:29, Obj 12:17.† (AS)
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of plants
G4690 G4690G = G4690G σπέρμα sperma G:N-N seed: offspring σπέρμα, -τος, τό (σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;] seed; (a) of plants: Mt 13:24, 27 13:37-38, 2Kor 9:10; pl., Mt 13:32, Mk 4:31, 1Kor 15:33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Isa.1:9; cf. Wis.14:6; Plat., Tim., 23c; FlJ, Ant., xi, 5, 3), Rz 9:29; (b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Lev.15:16, itd.): Hbr 11:11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1Jn 3:9; by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mt 22:24-25, Mk 12:19-22, Łk 1:55 20:28" (LXX) Jn 7:42 8:33, 37 Dz 3:25 7:5-6 13:23, Rz 1:3 4:13, 18 9:7-8 11:1, 2Kor 11:22, Ga 3:16, 19, 2Tm 2:8, Hbr 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., zob. Lft., in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Ga 3:16; of spiritual offspring, Rz 4:16, 18 9:8, Ga 3:29, Obj 12:17.† (AS)
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seed, offspring, posterity
G4690 G4690G = G4690G σπέρμα sperma G:N-N seed: offspring σπέρμα, -τος, τό (σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;] seed; (a) of plants: Mt 13:24, 27 13:37-38, 2Kor 9:10; pl., Mt 13:32, Mk 4:31, 1Kor 15:33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Isa.1:9; cf. Wis.14:6; Plat., Tim., 23c; FlJ, Ant., xi, 5, 3), Rz 9:29; (b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Lev.15:16, itd.): Hbr 11:11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1Jn 3:9; by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mt 22:24-25, Mk 12:19-22, Łk 1:55 20:28" (LXX) Jn 7:42 8:33, 37 Dz 3:25 7:5-6 13:23, Rz 1:3 4:13, 18 9:7-8 11:1, 2Kor 11:22, Ga 3:16, 19, 2Tm 2:8, Hbr 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., zob. Lft., in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Ga 3:16; of spiritual offspring, Rz 4:16, 18 9:8, Ga 3:29, Obj 12:17.† (AS)