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Koine Greek wordlink #110185

SR GNT Rom 9:8 σπέρμα (sperma) ‘promise is_being counted for descendants’ Strongs=46900 Lemma=sperma
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular

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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 35

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

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

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

Mat 13:24 ‘to a man having sown good seed in the field’ SR GNT Mat 13:24 word 15

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

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

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

Mat 22:25 ‘and not having seed left the wife’ SR GNT Mat 22:25 word 16

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

Rom 9:29 ‘of armies abandoned to us descendants like Sodoma/(Şədom) would’ SR GNT Rom 9:29 word 12

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

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

ACTs 7:6 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘that will_be the descendants of him a sojourner in’ SR GNT Acts 7:6 word 12

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

ROM 4:18 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘thus will_be the descendants of you’ SR GNT Rom 4:18 word 20

ROM 9:7 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq) will_be_being named to you descendants’ SR GNT Rom 9:7 word 14

2COR 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 2Cor 11:22 word 8

HEB 11:18 σπέρμα (sperma) N-NNS ‘Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq) will_be_being named to you descendants’ SR GNT Heb 11:18 word 9

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