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Koine Greek wordlink #126630

SR GNT Gal 3:16 σπέρμασιν (spermasin) ‘he is saying and to the seeds as concerning many’ Strongs=46900 Lemma=sperma
Word role=noun case=dative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=58 AD

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Only use of identical word form σπέρμασιν (N-DNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπέρμασιν’ (N-DNP) is always and only glossed as ‘seeds’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sperma’ have 7 different glosses: ‘the seed’, ‘of the seed’, ‘of seed’, ‘children’, ‘descendants’, ‘seed’, ‘seeds’.

Greek words (3) other than σπέρμασιν (N-DNP) with a gloss related to ‘seeds’

MARK 4:31 σπερμάτων (spermatōn) N-GNP ‘being all the seeds which on the’ SR GNT Mark 4:31 word 29

OET-LV: 31 As to_a_seed of _mustard, which whenever it _may _be _sown on the earth, being smaller than all the seeds which on the earth, (MRK_4:31)

OET-RV: 31 It’s like planting a mustard seed in the ground—a very small seed. (MRK 4:31)

MAT 13:32 σπερμάτων (spermatōn) N-GNP ‘it is of all the seeds whenever on_the_other_hand it may_be grown’ SR GNT Mat 13:32 word 7

OET-LV: 32 which on _one _hand it _is smaller of _all the seeds, on _the _other _hand whenever it _may _be _grown is greater than the garden _plants and is _becoming a_tree, so _that the birds of _the sky to _come and to _be _nesting in the branches of _it. (MAT_13:32)

OET-RV: 32 Even though it’s a very small seed, it grows larger than most garden plants and becomes such a large bush that birds even come and nest in its branches.” (MAT 13:32)

1 COR 15:38 σπερμάτων (spermatōn) N-GNP ‘and to each of the seeds its own body’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:38 word 13

OET-LV: 38 But the god is _giving to _it a_body, as he _willed, and to _each of _the seeds, its_own body. (CO1_15:38)

OET-RV: 38 then God gives it a body just like he wants, so each seed gets its own new body. (CO1 15:38)

Key: N=noun DNP=dative,neuter,plural GNP=genitive,neuter,plural