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GreekG4703Noun (Masculine)

σπόρος

sporos

5Occurrences
G4703Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a scattering (of seed), i.e. (concretely) seed (as sown)

from G4687 (σπείρω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
= σπορά
1.sowing or seedtime.
2.seed sown (so usually in late Gk.)
LXX: chiefly for זֶרַע

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

σπόρος appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Mark
2
2 Corinthians
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 9:10BSB

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Luke 8:5BSB

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Luke 8:11BSB

Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Mark 4:26BSB

Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

Mark 4:27BSB

Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.