זֶרַע

Strong’s Definition

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Etymology & Derivation

from H2232 (זָרַע);

KJV Usage

[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.seed, sowing, offspring
• 2.a sowing
• 3.seed
• 4.semen virile
• 5.offspring, descendants, posterity, children
• 6.of moral quality
• 7.sowing time (metonymy)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: zeraʻ; Pronunciation: zeh'-rah