2001 Translation

SPERMA, sperma

Sounds Like: SPER-mah

Translations: seed, a seed, offspring, descendants, children, posterity

From the root: ΣΠΕΡΜΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to 'seed' in a literal sense, like the seed from which a plant grows. It is also commonly used metaphorically to mean 'offspring' or 'descendants', referring to a lineage or posterity. It can be used in contexts like 'the seed of Abraham' to mean Abraham's descendants.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4690 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 10:3, 22:7

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:11, 2:10, 2:42

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 10:5, 10:6, 16:11, 32:2, 56:14

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 21:15, 22:13
• Deuteronomy — 30:6
• 1 Chronicles — 16:13, 17:11
• 2 Esdras — 17:61
• Tobit — 8:6
• Psalms — 20:11, 21:24, 21:31, 24:13, 36:25, 36:26, 36:28, 68:37, 88:5, 88:30, 88:37, 101:29, 104:6, 105:27, 111:2
• Proverbs — 11:18
• Ecclesiastes — 11:6
• Job — 5:25
• Wisdom — 3:16, 10:15, 12:11, 14:6
• Sirach — 10:19, 44:12, 44:13, 44:21, 46:9, 47:20, 47:22
• Isaiah — 1:4, 1:9, 14:20, 14:22, 14:30, 15:9, 17:5, 17:10, 23:3, 31:9, 33:2, 37:31, 41:8, 43:5, 44:3, 45:25, 48:14, 48:19, 53:10, 54:3, 55:10, 57:3, 61:9, 65:9, 65:23, 66:22
• Jeremiah — 7:15, 23:8, 26:27, 27:16, 38:27, 42:7, 42:9
• Malachi — 2:15
• Matthew — 13:24, 13:27, 13:37, 13:38, 22:24, 22:25
• Mark — 12:19, 12:20, 12:21, 12:22
• Luke — 20:28
• John — 8:33, 8:37
• Acts of the Apostles — 7:6
• Romans — 4:18, 9:7, 9:8, 9:29
• 2 Corinthians — 9:10, 11:22
• Galatians — 3:19, 3:29
• Hebrews — 11:18
• 1 John — 3:9
• Shepherd of Hermas — 6:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 6:220
• Book 9 — 6:109
• Book 11 — 5:144
• Book 12 — 7:303

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 19:1, 53:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:6, 0:7, 0:13
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 13:6, 13:8, 14:6, 16:5, 44:1, 55:3, 56:7, 58:12, 81:2, 98:5, 106:2, 120:2, 123:5, 125:5, 134:4, 135:4, 135:5, 140:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 1:11, 1:12, 1:29, 4:25, 7:3, 8:22, 13:16, 15:3, 15:5, 15:13, 16:10, 17:9, 19:32, 19:34, 21:12, 21:13, 21:23, 22:17, 24:60, 26:4, 26:24, 28:14, 32:12, 38:8, 38:9, 46:6, 46:7, 47:19, 47:23, 47:24, 48:11, 48:19
• Exodus — 16:31, 32:13
• Leviticus — 11:37, 11:38, 21:15, 22:13
• Numbers — 5:28, 11:7, 14:24, 21:30, 23:10, 24:20
• Deuteronomy — 3:3, 4:37, 10:15, 22:9, 25:5, 28:38, 30:19
• Joshua — 24:3
• 1 Samuel — 1:11, 2:20, 2:31, 24:22
• 2 Samuel — 7:12
• 2 Kings — 11:1, 14:27
• 1 Chronicles — 16:13, 17:11
• 2 Chronicles — 22:10
• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:67, 8:85
• Ezra (Beta) — 2:59, 9:2
• Nehemiah — 7:61
• Tobit — 4:12, 8:6, 8:6
• 2 Maccabees — 7:17
• 3 Maccabees — 6:3
• Psalms — 20:11, 21:24, 21:31, 24:13, 36:25, 36:26, 36:28, 68:37, 88:5, 88:30, 88:37, 101:29, 104:6, 105:27, 111:2
• Psalms of Solomon — 9:17, 17:8, 17:11, 18:4
• Odes — 9:36
• Proverbs — 11:18
• Ecclesiastes — 11:6
• Job — 5:25
• Wisdom — 3:16, 10:15, 12:11, 14:6
• Sirach — 10:19, 44:12, 44:13, 44:21, 46:9, 47:20, 47:22
• Isaiah — 1:4, 1:9, 14:20, 14:22, 14:30, 15:9, 17:5, 17:10, 23:3, 31:9, 33:2, 37:31, 41:8, 43:5, 44:3, 45:25, 48:14, 48:19, 53:10, 54:3, 55:10, 57:3, 57:4, 61:9, 65:9, 65:23, 66:22
• Jeremiah — 7:15, 23:8, 26:27, 27:16, 38:27, 42:7, 42:9
• Ezekiel — 31:17
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:36, 11:6, 13:56
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:36, 13:56
• Malachi — 2:15
• Enoch — 10:3, 22:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 24:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 2:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 13:24, 13:27, 13:37, 13:38, 22:24, 22:25
• Mark — 12:19, 12:20, 12:21, 12:22
• Luke — 20:28
• John — 8:33, 8:37
• Acts — 7:6
• Romans — 4:18, 9:7, 9:8, 9:29
• 2 Corinthians — 9:10, 11:22
• Galatians — 3:19, 3:29
• Hebrews — 11:18
• 1 John — 3:9

From the same root

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

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΣΗΕΡΜΑΤΟΣ — (of) seed, (of) offspring, (of) descendants, (of) a seed
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑʼ — seed, a seed, offspring, descendants, a descendant, sperm, a sperm
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΣΙ — (to) seed, (to) seeds, (to) offspring, (to) descendants
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΣΙΝ — (to) seed, (to) seeds, (to) offspring, (to) descendants
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΑ — seeds, offspring, descendants
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΑʼ — seeds, offspring, descendants
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΙ — (to) seed, (to) offspring, (to) descendant, (to) sperm, (to) semen
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΙΖΩ — to sow, to scatter seed, to produce seed
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΟΣ — of seed, of offspring, of descendants, of children, of sperm
• ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΩΝ — of seeds, of seed, of offspring, of descendants, of a source

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