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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11 verses
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33 verses
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54 verses
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44 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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32 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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
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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
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
H2233
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
H2233
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
H2233
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
H2233
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
H2233
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
H2233
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
H2233
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
H2233
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
H2233
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
H2233
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
H2233
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
H2233
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
H2233
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
H2233
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
H2233
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
H2233
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
H2233
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
H2233
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
H2233
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
H2233
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
H2233
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
H2233
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
H2233
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
H2233
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
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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