Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
σπέρμα (G4690)
43 σπέρμα , -τος, τό ( σπείρω ) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;] seed ; of plants: Mt 13:24 , 27 37, 38 , II Co 9:10 ; pl., Mt 13:32 , Mk 4:31 , I Co 15:33 ; metaph., of an escaping remnant ( שָׂרִיד , Is 1:9 ; cf. Wi 14:6 ; Plat., Tim. , 23 c; FlJ, Ant. , xi, 5, 3), Ro 9:29 ; of men (as γονή ; Lat. semen genitale ; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Le 15:16 , al.): He 11:11 ; metaph., of the divine influence, I Jo 3:9 ; by meton. (as freq. in poets), seed, offspring, posterity : Mt 22:24, 25 , Mk 12:19-22 , Lk 1:55 20:28 (LXX) Jo 7:42 8:33 , 37 Ac 3:25 7:5, 6 13:23 , Ro 1:3 4:13 , 18 9:7, 8 11:1 , II Co 11:22 , Ga 3:16 , 19 , II Ti 2:8 , He 2:16 11:18 ; pl. (FlJ, Ant. , viii, 7, 6; Plat., Leg. , ix, 853 c; IV Mac 18:1 ; in Ga, l.c., contrasted with sing., v. Lft., in l; Milligan, NTD , 105 f.), Ga 3:16 ; of spiritual offspring, Ro 4:16 , 18 9:8 , Ga 3:29 , Re 12:17 .†
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