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Koine Greek wordlink #106963

SR GNT Rom 4:18 σπέρμα (sperma) ‘thus will_be the descendants of you’ Strongs=46900 Lemma=sperma
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (10) of identical word form σπέρμα (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπέρμα’ (N-NNS) has 3 different glosses: ‘the seed’, ‘descendants’, ‘seed’.

Yhn (Jhn) 8:33 ‘they answered to him seed of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) we are and’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:33 word 7

OET-LV: 33 They _answered to him: We _are seed of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), and we _have _served to _no _one ever, how are_ you _saying, that You _all _will _be _becoming free? (JHN_8:33)

OET-RV: 33 But some queried, “We are Abraham’s descendants and we’ve never been slaves to anyone, so how can you say that we’ll be set free?” (JHN 8:33)

Yhn (Jhn) 8:37 ‘I have known that seed of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) you_all are but’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:37 word 3

OET-LV: 37 I _have _known that you _all _are seed of _Abraʼam, but you _all _are _seeking to _kill_ me _off, because the my the message is_ not _having _room in you _all. (JHN_8:37)

OET-RV: 37 “Yes, I know that you’re all descendants of Abraham, but you’re trying to kill me because my message doesn’t lodge in you. (JHN 8:37)

Mat 13:38 ‘the and good seed these are the’ SR GNT Mat 13:38 word 10

OET-LV: 38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of _the kingdom, and the darnels are the sons of _the evil one, (MAT_13:38)

OET-RV: 38 and the field is the world and the good seeds are the heirs to the kingdom. The false wheat seeds are the disciples of the evil one, (MAT 13:38)

Acts 7:6 ‘that will_be the descendants of him a sojourner in’ SR GNT Acts 7:6 word 12

OET-LV: 6 But the god spoke thus that will _be the descendants of _him: a_sojourner in anothers land, and they _will _be _enslaving it and they _will _be _mistreating it four _hundred years. (ACT_7:6)

OET-RV: 6 And yet God also told him that his descendants would end up staying in another country where they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. (ACT 7:6)

Rom 9:7 ‘nor because they are seed of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) all children’ SR GNT Rom 9:7 word 5

OET-LV: 7 Nor because they _are seed of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) all children, but: In Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq) will _be _being _named to _you descendants. (ROM_9:7)

OET-RV: 7 nor are all of Abraham’s descendants his children, but, ‘It’s through Isaak that your descendants will be counted.’ (ROM 9:7)

Rom 9:7 ‘Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq) will_be_being named to you descendants’ SR GNT Rom 9:7 word 14

OET-LV: 7 Nor because they _are seed of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) all children, but: In Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq) will _be _being _named to _you descendants. (ROM_9:7)

OET-RV: 7 nor are all of Abraham’s descendants his children, but, ‘It’s through Isaak that your descendants will be counted.’ (ROM 9:7)

Gal 3:19 ‘of which may come the seed to whom he has_been promised having_been directed’ SR GNT Gal 3:19 word 15

OET-LV: 19 Therefore why the law? It _was _added for _reason _of the transgressions, until of _which may _come the seed to _whom he _has _been _promised, having _been _directed through messengers in the_hand of_a_mediator. (GAL_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 So what was the law for then? Because of sinfulness, it was added until the promised descendant would come. It was directed through messengers and entrusted to Mosheh as a mediator. (GAL 3:19)

Gal 3:29 ‘of chosen_one/messiah consequently of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) the seed you_all are according_to the promise’ SR GNT Gal 3:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 And if you _all are of_chosen _one /messiah, consequently you _all _are the_seed of_ the _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), heirs according _to the_promise. (GAL_3:29)

OET-RV: 29 And if you’re in the messiah, then you’re now Abraham’s descendant, and so you’re heirs of that promise. (GAL 3:29)

Heb 11:18 ‘Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq) will_be_being named to you descendants’ SR GNT Heb 11:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 to whom it _was _spoken, that In Isaʼak will _be _being _named to _you descendants, (HEB_11:18)

OET-RV: 18 the one about which it had been said: ‘Your descendants will be named through Isaac.’ (HEB 11:18)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 3:9 ‘not is practicing because the seed of him in him’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 3:9 word 11

OET-LV: 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. (JN1_3:9)

OET-RV: 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. (JN1 3:9)

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 (6) other than σπέρμα (N-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘descendants’

LUKE 1:55 σπέρματι (spermati) N-DNS ‘to Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) and to the descendants of him for the’ SR GNT Luke 1:55 word 11

OET-LV: 55 as he _spoke to the fathers of _us, to_ the _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) and to _the descendants of _him, because/for the age. (LUK_1:55)

OET-RV: 55 as he spoke to our ancestors,
⇔ to Abraham and his descendants,
⇔ at the right time.” (LUK 1:55)

ACTs 7:5 σπέρματι (spermati) N-DNS ‘it and to the descendants of him after him’ SR GNT Acts 7:5 word 24

OET-LV: 5 And not gave to _him an_inheritance in it, nor the_tribunal of_a_foot, but he _promised to _give to _him for a_possession it, and to _the descendants of _him after him, not being to _him a_child. (ACT_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 Abraham hadn’t received any land here as an inheritance, in fact he’d never been near this land and nor did he have any children, yet God promised to give this entire country to him and his descendants. (ACT 7:5)

ROM 4:13 σπέρματι (spermati) N-DNS ‘to Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) or the descendants of him that heir’ SR GNT Rom 4:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 For/Because not by law the promise was to_ the _Abraʼam or the descendants of _him, that heir him to _be of_the_world, but by righteousness in _faith. (ROM_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 It wasn’t because of his obeying the law that it was promised that Abraham or his descendants would inherit the world, but because of his righteousness that came from his faith, (ROM 4:13)

ROM 9:8 σπέρμα (sperma) N-ANS ‘promise is_being counted for descendants’ SR GNT Rom 9:8 word 20

OET-LV: 8 This is not the children of _the flesh, these are children of_ the _god, but the children of _the promise is _being _counted for descendants. (ROM_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 That isn’t talking about worldly children—these are God’s children, but the children of the promise are being counted as descendants. (ROM 9:8)

ROM 9:29 σπέρμα (sperma) N-ANS ‘of armies abandoned to us descendants like Sodoma/(Şədom) would’ SR GNT Rom 9:29 word 12

OET-LV: 29 And as has _previously _said Aʸsaias: Except not/lest the_master of _armies abandoned to _us descendants, like Sodoma/(Şədom) would we _were _become, and like Gomorra/(ˊAmorāh) would we _were _likened. (ROM_9:29)

OET-RV: 29 As Yeshayah had previously written: ‘If army commander Yahweh hadn’t left us some descendants, we would have become like the peoples of Sodom and Amorah (Gomorrah).’ (ROM 9:29)

2 COR 11:22 Σπέρμα (Sperma) N-NNS ‘ones_from_Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) they are also_I descendants of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) they are also_I’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:22 word 7

OET-LV: 22 Hebraios they _are? Also _I. ones_from _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) they _are? Also _I. Descendants of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) they _are? Also _I. (CO2_11:22)

OET-RV: 22 Are they Hebrews? I am too. Are they Israelis? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me also. (CO2 11:22)

Key: N=noun ANS=accusative,neuter,singular DNS=dative,neuter,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular