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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  4690 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 σπέρμα  from (4687)
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 sperma sper'-mah
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Noun Neuter 7:536,1065
 Definition
 
  1. from which a plant germinates
    1. the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants
      1. of the grains or kernels sown
    2. metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)
  2. the semen virile
    1. the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
    2. family, tribe, posterity
    3. whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
      1. of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
 Translated Words
 KJV (44) - issue, 1; seed, 43;

NAS (43) - children, 7; conceive, 1; descendant, 4; descendants, 16; posterity, 1; seed, 10; seeds, 4;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew7
Mark5
Luke2
John3
Acts4
Romans8
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians2
Galatians3
2 Timothy1
Hebrews3
1 John1
Revelation1
 
Matthew6
Mark5
Luke2
John3
Acts4
Romans8
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians2
Galatians3
2 Timothy1
Hebrews3
1 John1
Revelation1
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Abbreviations Legend:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

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The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Sperma". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4690>.  

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