σπόρος
spóros · G4703 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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seed
The kernel part of fruit, usually grain
ExamplesMark 4:26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;
Mark 4:27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
Luke 8:5 “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- μηκύνωto grow 1
- βλαστάνωto sprout 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐπιχορηγέωto provide for 1
- πληθύνωto grow 1
- σπείρωto sow 1
- χορηγέωto provide for 1
- βάλλωto throw, to put 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- זֶרַע zeraʻ · H2233 · seed, grain, sowing
- Hebrew זֶרַע (zeraʻ, H2233) is the direct semantic equivalent of Greek σπόρος (spóros, G4703), both denoting seed/sowing in agricultural contexts, with זֶרַע (zeraʻ, H2233) representing the primary Hebrew term that Greek translators consistently rendered with this Greek noun.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Seed3.35
- The noun names seed in its literal, agricultural sense as material scattered for sowing. Jesus says “the kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil” (Mark 4:26).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σπόρου, ὁ (σπείρω, 2 perfect ἐσπορα); 1. a sowing (Herodotus, Xenophon, Theophrastus,…
1. a sowing (Herodotus, Xenophon, Theophrastus, others).
2. seed (used in sowing): Mk 4:26; Lk 8:5, Lk 8:11; 2 Cor 9:10a (L Tr, 10b) (Deut 11:10; Theocr, Plutarch, others).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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