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σπείρω

Strong’s: G4687

Associated OET lemmas: σπείρω

UBS entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: ἐπισπείρω (G4687a)

Notes: In RV MRK 4:26 · LV MRK 4:26 · Read together MRK 4:26 the phrase σπόρον βάλλω (literally ‘to throw seed’) has the same meaning as σπείρω.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: σπείρω; aor.pass.ptc.; σπαρείς; σπείρω; pf.pass.; ἔσπαρμαι

Related lemmas: διασπείρω · διασπορά · ἐπισπείρω · σπέρμα · σπερμολόγος · σπορά · σπόριμα · σπόρος

Sense 1: to sow

Semantic entry: 43.6

Semantic domains: Agriculture

Definition: to scatter seed over tilled ground{N:001}

Notes: In many languages there is a problem of translating σπείρω literally as ‘to scatter seed,’ since this is interpreted as an exceedingly wasteful manner of sowing, but unless one translates more or less literally and then provides some explanatory footnote, the parable loses much of its significance for many cultures.

MAT 6:26: RV MAT 6:26 · LV MAT 6:26 · Read together MAT 6:26

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OET-RV MAT 6:26

26 Think about the birds in the sky—they don’t plant seeds or harvest crops or gather grain into barns, but it’s your heavenly father who feeds them. Aren’t each of you worth more than them?

OET-LV MAT 6:26

26 Consider on the birds of _the sky, that they _are_ neither _sowing, nor are _they _reaping, nor are _they _gathering _together into barns, and the the heavenly father of _you _all is _feeding them, are_ not you _all _carrying _value more than them?

MAT 13:3: RV MAT 13:3 · LV MAT 13:3 · Read together MAT 13:3

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OET-RV MAT 13:3

3 From there, he told them many parables, saying, “Listen, a farmer went out to plant seed at the right time of the year.

OET-LV MAT 13:3

3 And he _spoke many things to _them in parables saying:
Behold, the one sowing came _out of _the time to _be _sowing.

All 41 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 6:26 · RV MAT 13:3–4 · RV MAT 13:18–20 · RV MAT 13:22–24 · RV MAT 13:27 · RV MAT 13:31 · RV MAT 13:37 · RV MAT 13:39 · RV MAT 25:24 · RV MAT 25:26 · LV MAT 6:26 · LV MAT 13:3–4 · LV MAT 13:18–20 · LV MAT 13:22–24 · LV MAT 13:27 · LV MAT 13:31 · LV MAT 13:37 · LV MAT 13:39 · LV MAT 25:24 · LV MAT 25:26 · Read together MAT 6:26 · Read together MAT 13:3–4 · Read together MAT 13:18–20 · Read together MAT 13:22–24 · Read together MAT 13:27 · Read together MAT 13:31 · Read together MAT 13:37 · Read together MAT 13:39 · Read together MAT 25:24 · Read together MAT 25:26

MRK: RV MRK 4:3–4 · RV MRK 4:14–16 · RV MRK 4:18 · RV MRK 4:20 · RV MRK 4:31–32 · LV MRK 4:3–4 · LV MRK 4:14–16 · LV MRK 4:18 · LV MRK 4:20 · LV MRK 4:31–32 · Read together MRK 4:3–4 · Read together MRK 4:14–16 · Read together MRK 4:18 · Read together MRK 4:20 · Read together MRK 4:31–32

LUK: RV LUK 8:5 · RV LUK 12:24 · RV LUK 19:21–22 · LV LUK 8:5 · LV LUK 12:24 · LV LUK 19:21–22 · Read together LUK 8:5 · Read together LUK 12:24 · Read together LUK 19:21–22

JHN: RV JHN 4:36–37 · LV JHN 4:36–37 · Read together JHN 4:36–37

CO1: RV CO1 9:11 · RV CO1 15:36–37 · RV CO1 15:42–44 · LV CO1 9:11 · LV CO1 15:36–37 · LV CO1 15:42–44 · Read together CO1 9:11 · Read together CO1 15:36–37 · Read together CO1 15:42–44

CO2: RV CO2 9:6 · RV CO2 9:10 · LV CO2 9:6 · LV CO2 9:10 · Read together CO2 9:6 · Read together CO2 9:10

GAL: RV GAL 6:7–8 · LV GAL 6:7–8 · Read together GAL 6:7–8

JAM: RV JAM 3:18 · LV JAM 3:18 · Read together JAM 3:18