G4690Greekspérma
σπέρμα
something sown, i.e., seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
44
Total Occurrences
13
Books
0
Old Testament
44
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1from which a plant germinates
- 2the seed i.e., the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants
- 3the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
- 4family, race, posterity
- 5whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
- 6metaphorically 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)
- 7the semen virile
Etymology & Derivation
from g4687