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Seed (337 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; (BBE NIV)

Matthew 13:4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep: (BBE RSV)

Matthew 13:18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth. (BBE)

Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. (KJV WEY BBE WBS NAS NIV)

Matthew 13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; (KJV WEY WBS NAS NIV)

Matthew 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (KJV WEY WBS NAS NIV)

Matthew 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (KJV WEY BBE WBS NAS NIV)

Matthew 13:24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:25 but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away. (WEY BBE)

Matthew 13:27 The servants of the householder came and said to him,'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?' (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:37 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 17:20 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain,'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 22:24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said,'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.' (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 22:25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother. (WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT)

Matthew 25:24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: (BBE NAS NIV)

Matthew 25:26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work, (BBE NAS NIV)

Mark 1:30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. of seed shall yield an ephah. (WEB)

Mark 4:3 A man went out to put seed in the earth: (BBE NIV)

Mark 4:4 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it. (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. (See NAS RSV)

Mark 4:7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. (See NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:8 But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold." (WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:14 The seed is the word. (BBE)

Mark 4:15 Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them. (WEY NIV)

Mark 4:16 In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully, (WEY NAS NIV)

Mark 4:18 Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message, (WEY NAS NIV)

Mark 4:20 Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold." (WEY NAS NIV)

Mark 4:26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:31 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. (KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 1:54 His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever, (BBE)

Luke 1:55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 8:5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture. (WEB NAS)

Luke 8:7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. (See NAS NIV)

Luke 8:8 But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!" (WEY NAS NIV)

Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. (See NAS NIV)

Luke 8:15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience. (See NAS NIV)

Luke 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 17:6 The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree,'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed. (BBE)

Luke 19:22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed; (BBE)

Luke 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

John 7:42 Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

John 8:33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say,'You will be made free?' " (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY YLT)

John 8:37 I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY YLT)

John 12:24 Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit. (BBE NIV)

Acts 3:25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham,'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.' (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child. (WEB KJV ASV DBY YLT)

Acts 7:6 God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY YLT)

Acts 13:23 From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise, (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY YLT)

Acts 17:18 And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news, (YLT)

Romans 1:3 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 4:13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 4:16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 4:18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be." (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called." (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 9:29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah." (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 3:6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. (See NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world? (See NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:36 Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies; (WEY BBE)

1 Corinthians 15:37 And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant; (BBE NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 9:10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY YLT)

Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Galatians 3:19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Galatians 3:29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Galatians 6:7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. (BBE)

Galatians 6:8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life. (BBE)

2 Timothy 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News, (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 2:16 For most certainly, he doesn't give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 11:18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;" (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

James 3:18 And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness. (WEY NAS)

1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Revelation 12:17 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 1:11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:12 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 7:3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 12:7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 13:16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 15:3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 15:5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

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Thesaurus
Seed (337 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Plural of Seed. 2. (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one
or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. ...
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Mustard-seed (5 Occurrences)
Mustard-seed. << Mustard, Mustard-seed. Muster >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Mustard-seed (5 Occurrences). Matthew 13:31 ...
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Seed's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Seed's (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 59:21 "As for me,
this is my covenant with them," says Yahweh. "My Spirit ...
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Seed-bearing (1 Occurrence)
Seed-bearing. << Seed, Seed-bearing. Seedlings >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Seed-bearing (1 Occurrence). Genesis 1:11 And ...
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Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences)
Coriander-seed. << Coriander, Coriander-seed. Corinth >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences). Exodus ...
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Seed-stones (1 Occurrence)
Seed-stones. << Seed's, Seed-stones. Seedtime >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Seed-stones (1 Occurrence). Numbers 6:4 All the ...
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Seed-time (1 Occurrence)
Seed-time. << Seedtime, Seed-time. Seeeth >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Seed-time (1 Occurrence). Genesis 8:22 While the ...
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Sowing-seed (1 Occurrence)
Sowing-seed. << Sowing, Sowing-seed. Sowing-time >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Sowing-seed (1 Occurrence). Leviticus 11:37 ...
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Sowing (28 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens
has become like a man sowing good seed in his field; (DBY YLT). ...
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Mustard (5 Occurrences)
... of its occurrence in the New Testament (Matthew 13:31, 32; Mark 4:31, 32; Luke
13:18, 19) it is spoken of only with reference to the smallness of its seed. ...
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Greek
4703. sporos -- a sowing, ie seed (sown)
... a sowing, ie seed (sown). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: sporos
Phonetic Spelling: (spro'-os) Short Definition: seed for sowing Definition ...
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4690. sperma -- that which is sown, ie seed
... that which is sown, ie seed. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: sperma
Phonetic Spelling: (sper'-mah) Short Definition: seed, offspring Definition: ( ...
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4701. spora -- a sowing, by impl. seed
... seed. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: spora Phonetic Spelling:
(spor-ah') Short Definition: seed Definition: seed sown, a sowing. ...
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4687. speiro -- to sow (seed)
... to sow (seed). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: speiro Phonetic Spelling:
(spi'-ro) Short Definition: I sow, spread, scatter Definition: I sow, spread ...
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4691. spermologos -- a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps ...
... a seed picker, fig. ... Word Origin from sperma and lego (to pick out, same verb as
lego but with a different mean.) Definition a seed picker, fig. ...
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1290. diaspora -- a dispersion (Isr. in Gentile countries)
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diaspora Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-por-ah') Short
Definition: dispersion Definition: lit: scattering abroad of seed by the ...
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2848. kokkos -- a grain
... grain. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kokkos Phonetic Spelling:
(kok'-kos) Short Definition: a kernel, grain Definition: a kernel, grain, seed ...
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1289. diaspeiro -- to sow throughout, ie fig. disperse (in foreign ...
... in foreign lands). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaspeiro Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-as-pi'-ro) Short Definition: I scatter like seed Definition: I ...
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4059. peritemno -- to cut around, circumcise
... 4059 (from 4012 , "all-around" and , "cut off") -- ; figuratively) cutting
off the "old life," in favor of the which is ( Seed). ...
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4615. sinapi -- mustard (a plant)
... [The mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds that a Palestinian farmer would sow .
A mustard plant reaches a height of three meters (about ten feet). ...
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ATS Bible Dictionary
Seed

Genesis 1:11; often used figuratively in Scripture, Daniel 9:1 1 Peter 1:23 1 John 3:9. There was an injunction in the Mosaic Law against sowing a field with mingled seed of diverse kinds, Le 19:19. The "precious seed" is often committed to the ground with many fears; but the harvest, at least in spiritual things, shall be a season of joy, Psalm 126:5,6.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SEED

sed (Old Testament always for zera`, Aramaic (Daniel 2:43) zera`, except in Joel 1:17 for perudhoth (plural, the Revised Version (British and American) "seeds," the King James Version "seed"), and Leviticus 19:19 (the King James Version "mingled seed") and Deuteronomy 22:9 (the King James Version "divers seeds") for kil'ayim, literally, "two kinds," the Revised Version (British and American) "two kinds of seed." Invariably in Greek Apocrypha and usually in the New Testament for sperma, but Mark 4:26, 27 Luke 8:5, 11 2 Corinthians 9:10 for sporos, and 1 Peter 1:23 for spora):

(1) For "seed" in its literal sense see AGRICULTURE. Of interest is the method of measuring land by means of the amount of seed that could be sown on it (Leviticus 27:16). The prohibition against using two kinds of seed in the same field (Leviticus 19:19 Deuteronomy 22:9) undoubtedly rests on the fact that the practice had some connection with Canaanitish worship, making the whole crop "consecrated" (taboo). Jeremiah 31:27 uses "seed of man" and "seed of beast" as a figure for the means by which God will increase the prosperity of Israel (i.e. "seed yielding men").

(2) For the transferred physiological application of the word to human beings (Leviticus 15:16, etc.) see CLEAN; UNCLEANNESS. The conception of Christians as "born" or "begotten" of God (see REGENERATION) gave rise to the figure in 1 Peter 1:23 1 John 3:9. If the imagery is to be stressed, the Holy Spirit is meant. In I John 3:9 a doctrine of certain Gnostics is opposed. They taught that by learning certain formulas and by submitting to certain rites, union with God and salvation could be attained without holiness of life. John's reply is that union with a righteous God is meaningless without righteousness as an ideal, even though shortcomings exist in practice (1 John 1:8).

(3) From the physiological use of "seed" the transition to the sense of "offspring" was easy, and the word may mean "children" (Leviticus 18:21, etc.) or even a single child (Genesis 4:25 1 Samuel 1:11 the Revised Version margin). Usually, however, it means the whole posterity (Genesis 3:15, etc.); compare "seed royal" (2 Kings 11:1, etc.), and "Abraham's seed" (2 Chronicles 20:7, etc.) or "the holy seed" (Ezra 9:2 Isaiah 6:13; 1Es 8:70; compare Jeremiah 2:21) as designations of Israel. So "to show one's seed" (Ezra 2:59 Nehemiah 7:61) is to display one's genealogy, and "one's seed" may be simply one's nation, conceived of as a single family (Esther 10:3). From this general sense there developed a still looser use of "seed" as meaning simply "men" (Malachi 2:15 Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 57:4; Wis 10:15; Wis 12:11, etc.).

In Galatians 3:16 Paul draws a distinction between "seeds" and "seed" that has for its purpose a proof that the promises to Abraham were realized in Christ and not in Israel. The distinction, however, overstresses the language of the Old Testament, which never pluralizes zera` when meaning "descendants" (plural only in 1 Samuel 8:15; compare Romans 4:18; Romans 9:7). But in an argument against rabbinical adversaries Paul was obliged to use rabbinical methods (compare Galatians 4:25). For modern purposes it is probably best to treat such an exegetical method as belonging simply to the (now superseded) science of the times.

Burton Scott Easton

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Plural of Seed.

2. (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

3. (n.) Any small seed like fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

4. (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

5. (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

6. (n.) The principle of production.

7. (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

8. (n.) Race; generation; birth.

9. (v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.

10. (v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seed like decorations.

Strong's Hebrew
2234. zera -- a seed
... << 2233, 2234. zera. 2235 >>. a seed. Transliteration: zera Phonetic Spelling:
(zer-ah') Short Definition: seed. Word Origin (Aramaic ...
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2232. zara -- to sow, scatter seed
... zara. 2233 >>. to sow, scatter seed. Transliteration: zara Phonetic Spelling:
(zaw-rah') Short Definition: sow. ... bear, conceive seed, set with sower, yield. ...
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2233. zera -- a sowing, seed, offspring
... << 2232, 2233. zera. 2234 >>. a sowing, seed, offspring. Transliteration: zera
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-rah) Short Definition: descendants. ...
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5018. Nebuzaradan -- "Nebo has given seed," a Bab. general
... << 5017, 5018. Nebuzaradan. 5019 >>. "Nebo has given seed," a Bab. ... Word Origin
of foreign origin Definition "Nebo has given seed," a Bab. ...
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6507. perudah -- grain
... seed. Feminine passive participle of parad; something separated, ie A kernel --
seed. see HEBREW parad. << 6506, 6507. perudah. 6508 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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3610. kilayim -- two kinds
... divers seeds e kinds, mingled seed. Dual of kele' in the original sense of separation;
two heterogeneities -- divers seeds (-e kinds), mingled (seed). ...
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7902. shekabah -- (act of) lying, a layer
... copulation, seed. From shakab; a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act) -- X
carnally, copulation, X lay, seed. see HEBREW shakab. << 7901, 7902. ...
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7874. sid -- to whitewash
sid or sud. << 7873, 7874. sid or sud. 7875 >>. to whitewash. Transliteration:
sid or sud Phonetic Spelling: (seed) Short Definition: coat. ...
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2623. chasid -- kind, pious
... << 2622, 2623. chasid. 2624 >>. kind, pious. Transliteration: chasid Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-seed') Short Definition: ones. Word Origin ...
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1407. gad -- coriander
... coriander. From gadad (in the sense of cutting); coriander seed (from its furrows) --
coriander. see HEBREW gadad. << 1406, 1407. gad. 1408 >>. Strong's Numbers
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Subtopics

Condoms

Seed

Seed and Harvest

Seed in Egypt Required to be Artificially Watered

Seed: Difference Between, and the Plant Which Grows from It,

Seed: Each Kind Has Its own Body

Seed: Each Kind of, Has Its own Body

Seed: Every Herb, Tree and Grass Yields Its Own

Seed: Every Herb, Tree, and Grass, Yields Its Own

Seed: Illustrative

Seed: Mosaic Laws Respecting: Different Kinds of, not to be Sown in the Same Field

Seed: Mosaic Laws Respecting: If Dry, Exempted from Uncleanness Though Touched by An

Seed: Mosaic Laws Respecting: If Wet, Rendered Unclean by Contact With an Unclean Thing

Seed: Mosaic Laws Respecting: Not to be Sown During the Sabbatical Year

Seed: Mosaic Laws Respecting: Not to be Sown in Year of Jubilee

Seed: Mosaic Laws Respecting: The Tithe of, to be Given to God

Seed: Not to be Mingled in Sowing

Seed: Often Sown Beside Rivers

Seed: Often Trodden Into the Ground, by the Feet of Oxen

Seed: Parables Concerning

Seed: Required to be Watered by the Rain

Seed: Sowing of Necessary to Its Productiveness

Seed: Sowing of Often Attended With Danger

Seed: Sowing of Often Attended With Great Waste

Seed: Sowing of Required Constant Diligence

Seed: Sowing of Time For, Called Seed Time

Seed: Sowing of, Type of Burial of the Body

Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of Christian Liberality

Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of Men's Works Producing a Corresponding Recompence

Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of Preaching the Gospel

Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of Scattering or Dispersing a People

Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of The Burial of the Body

Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of The Death of Christ and Its Effects

Seed: Spiritual Life

Seed: The Ground Carefully Ploughed, and Prepared For

Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Being Choked by Thorns

Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Increase Being Consume by Enemies

Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Increase Being Consumed by Locusts

Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Rotting in the Ground

Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Yielding But Little Increase

Seed: The Word of God

Seed: Yearly Return of Time of Sowing, Secured by Covenant

Seed: Yielded an Abundant Increase in Canaan

Related Terms

Mustard-seed (5 Occurrences)

Seed's (1 Occurrence)

Seed-bearing (1 Occurrence)

Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences)

Seed-stones (1 Occurrence)

Seed-time (1 Occurrence)

Sowing-seed (1 Occurrence)

Sowing (28 Occurrences)

Mustard (5 Occurrences)

Seeds (24 Occurrences)

Producing (20 Occurrences)

Copulation (11 Occurrences)

Sows (18 Occurrences)

Yielding (19 Occurrences)

Sowed (20 Occurrences)

Sprout (25 Occurrences)

Coriander (2 Occurrences)

Seminal (5 Occurrences)

Semen (6 Occurrences)

Message (222 Occurrences)

Sown (45 Occurrences)

Abraham's (34 Occurrences)

Descendant (32 Occurrences)

Sower (11 Occurrences)

Sow (61 Occurrences)

Story (92 Occurrences)

Vines (39 Occurrences)

Plants (70 Occurrences)

Multiplied (109 Occurrences)

Yields (21 Occurrences)

Vegetation (18 Occurrences)

Peck (3 Occurrences)

Planting (57 Occurrences)

Descendants (326 Occurrences)

Descent (22 Occurrences)

Soil (59 Occurrences)

Vine-gardens (41 Occurrences)

Agriculture

Sojourning (35 Occurrences)

Yield (78 Occurrences)

Abram (48 Occurrences)

Plant (92 Occurrences)

Multiply (98 Occurrences)

Kinds (110 Occurrences)

Planted (105 Occurrences)

Kernel (4 Occurrences)

Defiled (119 Occurrences)

Multiplying (23 Occurrences)

Millet (1 Occurrence)

Male-child (5 Occurrences)

Pollute (42 Occurrences)

Planter (6 Occurrences)

Plentiful (17 Occurrences)

Scattering (18 Occurrences)

Seashore (20 Occurrences)

Swore (109 Occurrences)

Meaning (41 Occurrences)

Stars (64 Occurrences)

Countries (86 Occurrences)

Devour (118 Occurrences)

Crushed (199 Occurrences)

Children's (28 Occurrences)

Posterity (38 Occurrences)

Bearing (150 Occurrences)

Sand (40 Occurrences)

Count (85 Occurrences)

Sojourn (51 Occurrences)

Prolong (20 Occurrences)

Becometh (82 Occurrences)

Sort (143 Occurrences)

Age-during (167 Occurrences)

Crops (48 Occurrences)

Peoples (305 Occurrences)

Sworn (118 Occurrences)

Agreement (341 Occurrences)

Knoweth (152 Occurrences)

Counted (122 Occurrences)

Various (52 Occurrences)

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