The meaning of “σπέρμα”
Understanding spérma reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
issue, seed. - something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm") - by implication, offspring - specially, a remnant...
σπέρμα
issue, seed. - something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm") - by implication, offspring - specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 13:37 | “He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;” Word: σπέρμα (spérma) | |
| Luke 20:28 | “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.” Word: σπέρμα (spérma) | |
| Acts 7:6 | “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.” Word: σπέρμα (spérma) | |
| 1 Corinthians 15:38 | “But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.” Word: σπέρμα (spérma) | |
| Galatians 3:19 | “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.” Word: σπέρμα (spérma) |