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σπέρμα G4690

G4690 is the Greek word σπέρμα, transliterated spérma. The King James Version most often renders it seed.

Word: σπέρμαTransliteration: spérmaLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 39 verses

What it means

something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting).

Where it comes from

from G4687 (σπείρω).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 42 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

seed 38×seeds 3×issue 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: issue, seed.

Verses using σπέρμα

All 39 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 13:24 · KJV

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Matthew 13:27 · KJV

So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

Matthew 13:32 · KJV

Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Matthew 13:37 · KJV

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Matthew 13:38 · KJV

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Matthew 22:24 · KJV

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Matthew 22:25 · KJV

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

Mark 4:31 · KJV

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

Mark 12:19 · KJV

Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Mark 12:21 · KJV

And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

Mark 12:22 · KJV

And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

Luke 1:55 · KJV

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

Luke 20:28 · KJV

Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

John 7:42 · KJV

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

John 8:33 · KJV

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

John 8:37 · KJV

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

Acts 3:25 · KJV

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Acts 7:5 · KJV

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Acts 7:6 · KJV

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

Acts 13:23 · KJV

Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

Romans 1:3 · KJV

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

Romans 4:13 · KJV

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 4:16 · KJV

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Romans 4:18 · KJV

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Romans 9:7 · KJV

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Romans 9:29 · KJV

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

Romans 11:1 · KJV

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 15:38 · KJV

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

2 Corinthians 9:10 · KJV

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

2 Corinthians 11:22 · KJV

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

Galatians 3:16 · KJV

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Galatians 3:19 · KJV

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Galatians 3:29 · KJV

And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

2 Timothy 2:8 · KJV

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

Hebrews 2:16 · KJV

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Hebrews 11:11 · KJV

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 11:18 · KJV

Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

1 John 3:9 · KJV

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Revelation 12:17 · KJV

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.

Common questions

What does Strong's G4690 mean?

G4690 is the Greek word σπέρμα (spérma), meaning something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting).

How is G4690 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it seed (38 times), seeds (3 times), issue (1 time).

How many times does G4690 appear in the Bible?

σπέρμα (spérma) is tagged in 39 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G4690 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G4687 (σπείρω).

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