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HebrewH2233Noun (Masculine)

זֶ֫רַע

ze.ra

193Occurrences
H2233Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

from H2232 (זָרַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
seed/sowing 1) seed, sowing, offspring 1a) a sowing 1b) seed 1c) semen virile 1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children 1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.) 1f) sowing time (by meton)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

זֶ֫רַע appears 193 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
47
Isaiah
23
Leviticus
22
Jeremiah
18
Deuteronomy
14
Numbers
8
Psalms
8
Esther
5

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:13BSB

O offspring of His servant Israel,O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

Esther 6:13BSB

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

Genesis 22:18BSB

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Isaiah 53:10BSB

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Himand to cause Him to suffer;and when His soul is made a guilt offering,He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Leviticus 15:32BSB

This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,

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