σπέρμα

σπέρμα, -τος, τό

(σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;]

seed;

(a) of plants: Matt 13,24, 27; 13,37-38, 2 Kor 9,10; pl., Matt 13,32, Mark 4,31, 1 Kor 15,33; metaphorically, of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Es 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, 3 Mos 15,16, al.): Hebr 11,11; metaphorically, of the divine influence, 1 Joh 3,9 by meton. (as frequently in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Matt 22,24-25, Mark 12,19-22, Luk 1,55; 20,28" (LXX) Joh 7,42; 8,33, 37 ApG 3,25; 7,5-6; 13,23, Rom 1,3; 4,13, 18; 9,7-8; 11,1, 2 Kor 11,22, Gal 3,16, 19, 2 Tim 2,8, Hebr 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, Åb 12,17.†