4690 – σπέρμα (sperma)

seed

Description

1. From which a plant germinates.
   1. The seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants.
      1. Of the grains or kernels sown.
   2. Metaphor, a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of a new race (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing).
2. The semen virile.
   1. The product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny.
   2. Family, race, posterity.
   3. Whatever possesses vital force or life giving power.
      1. Of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated.

Origin

From G4687:

Word root

Word with sperma as root:

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into sperma :

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