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σπέρμα

MainId: 004592000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4690

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004592001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: σπέρμα

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -τος

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'σπείρω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004592001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 3.35

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Plants

      LEXSubDomains: Fruit Parts of Plants

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:44:12

         DefinitionShort: the kernel part of fruit, usually grain

         Glosses: seed

         Comments: 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 ({L:κόκκος}, σπέρμα, {L:σπόρος}), it is best to use some expression referring to ‘grain.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 13:24, MAT 13:27, MAT 13:32, MAT 13:37, MAT 13:38, MARK 4:31, 1COR 15:38

      LEXLinks: flora:3.1

   2. LEXID: 004592001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 10.29

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Kinship Terms

      LEXSubDomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:44:12

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:σπέρμα}[a] ‘seed,’ {D:3.35}) posterity, with emphasis upon the ancestors role in founding the lineage

         Glosses: ['posterity', 'descendants', 'offspring']

         Comments: See discussion at {D:10.28}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 22:25, MARK 12:19, MARK 12:20, MARK 12:21, MARK 12:22, LUKE 1:55, YHN 7:42, YHN 8:33, YHN 8:37, ACTs 3:25, ACTs 7:5, ACTs 7:6, ACTs 13:23, ROM 1:3, ROM 4:13, ROM 4:16, ROM 4:18, ROM 9:7, ROM 9:7, ROM 9:8, ROM 9:29, ROM 11:1, 2COR 11:22, GAL 3:16, GAL 3:16, GAL 3:16, GAL 3:19, GAL 3:29, 2TIM 2:8, HEB 2:16, HEB 11:11, HEB 11:18, REV 12:17

   3. LEXID: 004592001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 58.13

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Nature, Class, Example

      LEXSubDomains: Nature, Character

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:44:12

         DefinitionShort: a derivative and imparted nature

         Glosses: ['nature', 'something of the nature of']

         Comments: 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 {S:06200300900022} as ‘because something of what God is like is in him’ or ‘because he has in himself something of what God is like.’

      LEXReferences: 1YHN 3:9

   4. LEXID: 004592001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 23.59

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States

      LEXSubDomains: Birth, Procreation

      LEXCollocations: ['ἀνίστημι σπέρμα', 'ἐξανίστημι σπέρμα']

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:44:12

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

         Glosses: ['to beget', 'to procreate', 'to become the father of']

         Comments: In contexts such as {S:04002202400038}, {S:04101201900050}, and {S:04202002800048} 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.

      LEXReferences: MAT 22:24, LUKE 20:28