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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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σπέρμα

Strong’s: G4690

Associated OET lemmas: σπέρμα

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: σπέρμα; -τος

Related lemmas: σπείρω

Sense 1: seed

Semantic entry: 3.35

Semantic domains: Plants

Subdomains: Fruit Parts of Plants

Definition: the kernel part of fruit, usually grain

Notes: A number of languages make distinctions between two quite different types of seed: (1) those produced by grasses (that is to say, grains) and (2) those produced by other types of plants, for example, beans, squash, apples, etc. In all passages employing the Greek terms in this subdomain (κόκκος, σπέρμα, σπόρος), it is best to use some expression referring to ‘grain.’

Further resources: flora:3.1

MAT 13:24: RV MAT 13:24 · LV MAT 13:24 · Read together MAT 13:24

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OET-RV MAT 13:24

24 Then Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) told them another parable, saying, “The heavenly kingdom is like a farmer who’s planted good seed in his field.

OET-LV MAT 13:24

24 He_set_before to_them another parable saying:
The kingdom of_the heavens was_likened to_a_man having_sown good seed in the field of_him.

MAT 13:27: RV MAT 13:27 · LV MAT 13:27 · Read together MAT 13:27

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OET-RV MAT 13:27

27 The farmer’s slave came and told him, ‘Master, wasn’t it good wheat seed that you planted? So why is there so much false wheat?’

OET-LV MAT 13:27

27 And the slaves of_the home_owner having_approached said to_him:
Master, you_ not _sowed good seed in the your field?
Therefore from_where it_is_having darnels?
All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:24 · RV MAT 13:27 · RV MAT 13:32 · RV MAT 13:37–38 · LV MAT 13:24 · LV MAT 13:27 · LV MAT 13:32 · LV MAT 13:37–38 · Read together MAT 13:24 · Read together MAT 13:27 · Read together MAT 13:32 · Read together MAT 13:37–38

MRK: RV MRK 4:31 · LV MRK 4:31 · Read together MRK 4:31

CO1: RV CO1 15:38 · LV CO1 15:38 · Read together CO1 15:38

Sense 2: posterity, descendants, offspring

Semantic entry: 10.29

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of σπέρμα[a] ‘seed,’ 3.35: κόκκος / 3.35: σπέρμα / 3.35: σπόρος) posterity, with emphasis upon the ancestors role in founding the lineage

Notes: See discussion at 10.28: γενεά / 10.28: τέκνον.

MAT 22:25: RV MAT 22:25 · LV MAT 22:25 · Read together MAT 22:25

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OET-RV MAT 22:25

25 Well, there were seven brothers amongst us, and the first one got married and then died childless. So his brother married the widow.

OET-LV MAT 22:25

25 And they_were seven brothers among us, and the first having_married died, and not having seed, left the wife of_him to_the brother of_him.

MRK 12:19: RV MRK 12:19 · LV MRK 12:19 · Read together MRK 12:19

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OET-RV MRK 12:19

19 “Teacher, Mosheh (Moses) wrote that if a man’s married brother should die before his wife without having any children, then his brother should marry her to produce descendants in his brother’s name.

OET-LV MRK 12:19

19 Teacher, Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) wrote to_us, that if A_brother of_anyone may_die_off, and may_leave a_wife and may_ not _leave children, that the brother of_him may_take the wife, and may_raise_up seed for_the brother of_him.
All 30 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 22:25 · LV MAT 22:25 · Read together MAT 22:25

MRK: RV MRK 12:19–22 · LV MRK 12:19–22 · Read together MRK 12:19–22

LUK: RV LUK 1:55 · LV LUK 1:55 · Read together LUK 1:55

JHN: RV JHN 7:42 · RV JHN 8:33 · RV JHN 8:37 · LV JHN 7:42 · LV JHN 8:33 · LV JHN 8:37 · Read together JHN 7:42 · Read together JHN 8:33 · Read together JHN 8:37

ACT: RV ACT 3:25 · RV ACT 7:5–6 · RV ACT 13:23 · LV ACT 3:25 · LV ACT 7:5–6 · LV ACT 13:23 · Read together ACT 3:25 · Read together ACT 7:5–6 · Read together ACT 13:23

ROM: RV ROM 1:3 · RV ROM 4:13 · RV ROM 4:16 · RV ROM 4:18 · RV ROM 9:7–8 · RV ROM 9:29 · RV ROM 11:1 · LV ROM 1:3 · LV ROM 4:13 · LV ROM 4:16 · LV ROM 4:18 · LV ROM 9:7–8 · LV ROM 9:29 · LV ROM 11:1 · Read together ROM 1:3 · Read together ROM 4:13 · Read together ROM 4:16 · Read together ROM 4:18 · Read together ROM 9:7–8 · Read together ROM 9:29 · Read together ROM 11:1

CO2: RV CO2 11:22 · LV CO2 11:22 · Read together CO2 11:22

GAL: RV GAL 3:16 · RV GAL 3:19 · RV GAL 3:29 · LV GAL 3:16 · LV GAL 3:19 · LV GAL 3:29 · Read together GAL 3:16 · Read together GAL 3:19 · Read together GAL 3:29

TI2: RV TI2 2:8 · LV TI2 2:8 · Read together TI2 2:8

HEB: RV HEB 2:16 · RV HEB 11:11 · RV HEB 11:18 · LV HEB 2:16 · LV HEB 11:11 · LV HEB 11:18 · Read together HEB 2:16 · Read together HEB 11:11 · Read together HEB 11:18

REV: RV REV 12:17 · LV REV 12:17 · Read together REV 12:17

Sense 3: nature, something of the nature of

Semantic entry: 58.13

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Nature, Character

Definition: a derivative and imparted nature

Notes: If in some languages it is not possible to speak literally of ‘God’s nature,’ it may still be possible to render the second clause in RV JN1 3:9 · LV JN1 3:9 · Read together JN1 3:9 as ‘because something of what God is like is in him’ or ‘because he has in himself something of what God is like.’

JN1 3:9: RV JN1 3:9 · LV JN1 3:9 · Read together JN1 3:9

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OET-RV JN1 3:9

9 Everyone who’s been reborn in God, doesn’t regularly sin because God’s seed of life remains in them and that person isn’t able to sin because they have been reborn in God.

OET-LV JN1 3:9

9 Everyone which having_been_born of the god, is_ not _practicing sin, because the_seed of_him is_remaining in him, and he_is_ not _able to_be_sinning, because he_has_been_born of the god.

Sense 4: to beget, to procreate, to become the father of

Semantic entry: 23.59

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Birth, Procreation

Definition: (idioms, literally: to raise up seed) the male role in begetting children

Notes: In contexts such as RV MAT 22:24 · LV MAT 22:24 · Read together MAT 22:24, RV MRK 12:19 · LV MRK 12:19 · Read together MRK 12:19, and RV LUK 20:28 · LV LUK 20:28 · Read together LUK 20:28 it may be important to add a note concerning levirate responsibilities, that is to say, the requirement for a younger brother to beget children by a deceased older brother’s wife and the reckoning of such an offspring as being the descendant of the older deceased brother.

Collocations: ἀνίστημι σπέρμα; ἐξανίστημι σπέρμα

MAT 22:24: RV MAT 22:24 · LV MAT 22:24 · Read together MAT 22:24

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OET-RV MAT 22:24

24 “Teacher, Mosheh (Moses) wrote that if a married man dies childless, his brother should marry the widow and in that way raise children for his deceased brother.

OET-LV MAT 22:24

24 saying:
Teacher, Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) said:
If anyone may_die_off not having children, the brother of_him will_be_marrying the wife of_him, and he_will_be_raising_up children for_the brother of_him.

LUK 20:28: RV LUK 20:28 · LV LUK 20:28 · Read together LUK 20:28

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OET-RV LUK 20:28

28 “Teacher, Mosheh (Moses) wrote for us that if anyone’s married brother should die childless, then the surviving brother should take in the widow so they can produce children in the deceased brother’s name.

OET-LV LUK 20:28

28 saying:
Teacher, Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) wrote to_us:
If brother of_anyone may_die_off having a_wife, and this one childless in_order_that the brother of_him may_take the wife, and may_raise_up seed to_the brother of_him.