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Koine Greek wordlink #109614

SR GNT Rom 9:29 σπέρμα (sperma) ‘of armies abandoned to us descendants like Sodoma/(Şədom) would’ Strongs=46900 Lemma=sperma
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (11) of identical word form σπέρμα (N-ANS) in the Greek originals

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

Mark 12:19 ‘wife and may raise_up seed for the brother of him’ SR GNT Mark 12:19 word 36

OET-LV: 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. (MRK_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 “Teacher, Mosheh 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. (MRK 12:19)

Mark 12:20 ‘dying_off not left seed’ SR GNT Mark 12:20 word 23

OET-LV: 20 There _were seven brothers, and the first took a_wife, and dying _off, not left seed, (MRK_12:20)

OET-RV: 20 Now what if there were seven brothers and the first one got married and died childless. (MRK 12:20)

Mark 12:21 ‘died_off not having left seed and the third’ SR GNT Mark 12:21 word 15

OET-LV: 21 and the second took her, and died _off, not having _left seed, and the third likewise. (MRK_12:21)

OET-RV: 21 So then the second brother took her in, but again died childless, and then the third. (MRK 12:21)

Mark 12:22 ‘seven not left seed lastly of all also’ SR GNT Mark 12:22 word 13

OET-LV: 22 Also the seven not left seed. Lastly of _all, the woman also died _off. (MRK_12:22)

OET-RV: 22 Eventually all seven brothers died childless, and finally the woman also died. (MRK 12:22)

Mat 13:24 ‘to a man having sown good seed in the field’ SR GNT Mat 13:24 word 16

OET-LV: 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_13:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then Yeshua told them another parable, saying, “The heavenly kingdom is like a farmer who’s planted good seed in his field. (MAT 13:24)

Mat 13:27 ‘Master not good seed you sowed in your’ SR GNT Mat 13:27 word 13

OET-LV: 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? (MAT_13:27)

OET-RV: 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?’ (MAT 13:27)

Mat 13:37 ‘sowing the good seed is the son’ SR GNT Mat 13:37 word 10

OET-LV: 37 And he answering said: The one sowing the good seed is the son of_ the _Man, (MAT_13:37)

OET-RV: 37 “The farmer spreading the good seed,” Yeshua answered, “is humanity’s child, (MAT 13:37)

Mat 22:24 ‘of him and he will_be raising_up children for the brother of him’ SR GNT Mat 22:24 word 22

OET-LV: 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. (MAT_22:24)

OET-RV: 24 “Teacher, Mosheh wrote that if a married man dies childless, his brother should marry the widow and so raise up children for his deceased brother. (MAT 22:24)

Mat 22:25 ‘and not having seed left the wife’ SR GNT Mat 22:25 word 15

OET-LV: 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. (MAT_22:25)

OET-RV: 25 Well, there were seven brothers amongst up, and the first one got married and then died childless. So his brother married the widow. (MAT 22:25)

Luke 20:28 ‘wife and may raise_up seed to the brother of him’ SR GNT Luke 20:28 word 29

OET-LV: 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. (LUK_20:28)

OET-RV: 28 “Teacher, Mosheh 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. (LUK 20:28)

Rom 9:8 ‘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)

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 (8) other than σπέρμα (N-ANS) 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)

ACTs 7:6 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘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 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 4:18 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘thus will_be the descendants of you’ SR GNT Rom 4:18 word 21

OET-LV: 18 Who contrary _to hope, in hope believed, in _order that to _become him the_father of _many nations, according _to the message having _been _spoken: Thus will _be the descendants of _you. (ROM_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 Without any other evidence, he believed in hope itself and thus he became the father of many nations according to what he had been told: ‘Your descendants will be like the sand and the stars.’ (ROM 4:18)

ROM 9:7 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘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)

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)

HEB 11:18 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘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)

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