σπέρμα
sperma
“seed: offspring”
Definition
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
from G4687 (σπείρω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Neuter)
G:N-N
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
σπέρμα appears 40 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
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