number - 4690
orig_word - σπέρμα
word_orig - from (4687)
translit - sperma
tdnt - 7:536,1065
phonetic - sper'-mah
part_of_speech - Noun Neuter
st_def - from «4687»; something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting):--issue, seed.
IPD_def -
- from which a plant germinates
- the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants
- of the grains or kernels sown
- 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)
- the semen virile
- the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
- family, tribe, posterity
- whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
- of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
English - issue, seed
letter - s
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usages - issue, seed
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id - 4589
strongs - 4690
base_word - σπέρμα
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usage - issue, seed