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Name of God’s Son

ΣΠΕΙΡΑΝ, σπειραν

SPEIRAN, speiran

Sounds Like: SPAY-ran

Translations: to sow, to scatter seed, to plant

From the root: ΣΠΕΙΡΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word refers to the act of sowing seeds, scattering them over the ground for growth. It can also be used more broadly to mean to scatter or to plant. In the provided examples, it appears in various past tense forms, indicating actions of 'sowing' that have already occurred or are conditional.

Inflection: Aorist Active Indicative (3rd Person Plural) or Aorist Active Participle (Accusative Singular Feminine or Neuter, or Accusative Plural Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter)

Strong’s number: G4687 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΕΙΡΩ.

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