σπέρμα, -τος, τό

(σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;]

seed;

__(a) of plants: Mat.13:24, 27 13:37-38, 2Co.9:10; pl. Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:31, 1Co.15:33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Isa.1:9; cf. Wis.14:6; Plat. Tim. 23c; FlJ, Ant. xi, 5, 3), Rom.9:29;

__(b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Lev.15:16, al.): Heb.11:11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1Jn.3:9; by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mat.22:24-25, Mrk.12:19-22, Luk.1:55 20:28" (LXX) Jhn.7:42 8:33, 37 Act.3:25 7:5-6 13:23, Rom.1:3 4:13, 18 9:7-8 11:1, 2Co.11:22, Gal.3:16, 19, 2Ti.2:8, Heb.2:16 11:18; pl. (FlJ, Ant. viii, 7, 6; Flat. Leg. ix, 853 with; 4Ma.18:1; in Ga, l.with, contrasted with sing. see Lft. in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Gal.3:16; of spiritual offspring, Rom.4:16, 18 9:8, Gal.3:29, Rev.12:17.†

(AS)

seed; seed, offspring, posterity