Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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Seed
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Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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58 occurrences in 47 verses.
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11 verses
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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זֶרַע
zeraʻ · zeh'-rah
220 times translated as this KJV form228 total Strong's occurrences
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
Strong's KJV usage: × carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 1:11Strong's last: Malachi 2:15
Open full H2233 profile →σπέρμα
spérma · sper'-mah
39 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
Strong's KJV usage: :--issue, seed.
Strong's first: Matthew 13:24Strong's last: Revelation 12:17
Open full G4690 profile →σίναπι
sínapi · sin'-ap-ee
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
mustard (the plant)
Strong's KJV usage: :--mustard.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 13:31Strong's last: Luke 17:6
Open full G4615 profile →σπείρω
speírō · spi'-ro
4 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences
to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--sow(- er), receive seed.
Strong's first: Matthew 13:19Strong's last: Matthew 13:23
Open full G4687 profile →σπόρος
spóros · spro'-os
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a scattering (of seed), i.e. (concretely) seed (as sown)
Strong's KJV usage: :--seed (X sown).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 4:26Strong's last: Luke 8:11
Open full G4703 profile →σπορά
sporá · spor-ah'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a sowing, i.e. (by implication) parentage
Strong's KJV usage: :--seed.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 1:23Strong's last: 1 Peter 1:23
Open full G4701 profile →זָרַע
zâraʻ · zaw-rah'
1 times translated as this KJV form56 total Strong's occurrences
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
Strong's KJV usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 12:2Strong's last: Leviticus 12:2
Open full H2232 profile →זְרַע
zᵉraʻ · zer-ah'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
posterity
Strong's KJV usage: seed.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:43Strong's last: Daniel 2:43
Open full H2234 profile →כִּלְאַיִם
kilʼayim · kil-ah'-yim
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
two heterogeneities
Strong's KJV usage: divers seeds (-e kinds), mingled (seed).
Strong's first: Leviticus 19:19Strong's last: Leviticus 19:19
Open full H3610 profile →פְּרֻדָה
pᵉrudâh · per-oo-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
something separated, i.e. a kernel
Strong's KJV usage: seed.
Strong's first: Joel 1:17Strong's last: Joel 1:17
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H2233
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
H2233
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
H2233
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
H2233
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
H2233
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
H2233
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
H2233
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
H2233
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
H2233
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
H2233
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
H2233
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
H2233
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
H2233
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
H2233
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
H2233
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
H2233
And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
H2233
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
H2233
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
H2233
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
H2233
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
H2233
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
H2233
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
H2233
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
H2233
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
H2233
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
English meaning and historical usage.
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seed
SEED, noun
1. The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the reproduction and conservation of the species. The seeds of plants are a deciduous part, containing the rudiments of a new vegetable. In some cases, the seeds costitute the fruit or valuable part of plants, as in the case of wheat and other esculent grain; sometimes the seeds are inclosed in fruit, as in apples and melons. When applied to animal matter, it has no plural.
2. That from which any thing springs; first principle; original; as the seeds of virtue or vice.
3. Principle of production.
Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed. Waller.
4. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. In this sense, the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form; but rarely used in the plural.
5. Race; generation; birth.
Of mortal seed they were not held. Waller.
SEED, verb intransitive
1. To grow to maturity, so as to produce seed. Maiz will not seed in a cool climate.
2. To shed the seed
SEED, verb transitive To sow; to sprinkle with seed which germinates and takes root.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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