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זֶרַע (zeraʻ) n-m (zeh'-rah)
Source: from H2232;
Meaning: seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV: × carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
Associated OET lemmas: זֶרַע
UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: זֶרַע (H2233)
g.cl.ab
† זֶ֫רַע n.m. sowing, seed, offspring
1 lit.:
a a sowing
b sowing as regularly recurring at its season
2 seed
3 seed = semen virile
4 seed = offspring
5 seed as marked by moral quality = persons (or community) of such a quality
Showing 41 of 205 recorded verses, in OET book order.
Browse all 229 occurrences by book, form or gloss.
OET-LV: 11 And_ god _he/it_said the_earth/land let_it_sprout vegetation plant[s] which_bears_seed seed tree[s]_of fruit producing fruit to/for_his/its_kind which his/its_seed in_him/it on the_earth/land and_he/it_was so. (GEN 1:11)
OET-RV: 11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout vegetation: every plant yielding seed, every fruit tree bearing its own fruit that has its seed inside it, on the earth.” Everything happened exactly as he commanded, (GEN 1:11)
Jump to OET GEN 1:11 section.
OET-LV: 3 Also of_the_bird[s]_of the_heavens seven seven male and_female to_preserve_alive offspring on the_surface_of all_of the_earth/land. (GEN 7:3)
OET-RV: 3 as well as seven male and female pairs of every kind of flying bird in order to preserve their kinds on the earth. (GEN 7:3)
Jump to OET GEN 7:3 section.
OET-LV: 16 And_I_will_make DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_the_dust_of the_earth/land which if anyone he_will_be_able to_count DOM the_dust_of the_earth/land also your(ms)_seed/fruit it_will_numbered. (GEN 13:16)
OET-RV: 16 I’ll make your descendants as numerous as dust particles. Your descendants will only be able to be counted if someone’s able to count all the dust particles on the earth. (GEN 13:16)
Jump to OET GEN 13:16 section.
OET-LV: 10 And_he/it_said to/for_her/it the_messenger_of YHWH greatly_(increase) I_will_increase DOM offspring_of_your and_not it_will_be_counted from_multitude. (GEN 16:10)
OET-RV: 10 then added, “I’ll give you so many descendants that they won’t even be able to be counted because there’ll be so many.” (GEN 16:10)
Jump to OET GEN 16:10 section.
OET-LV: 12 And_a_son_of eight_of days he_will_be_circumcised to/for_you(pl) every_of male for_generations_of_your(pl) one_born_of the_household and_a_purchase_of silver from_all son_of foreignness who not is_one_of_your_offspring he. (GEN 17:12)
OET-RV: 12 All male babies must be circumcised when they’re eight days old. This includes all those born in your own house, as well as any that have been bought from foreigners even if they’re not your biological descendants. (GEN 17:12)
Jump to OET GEN 17:12 section.
OET-LV: 13 And_also DOM the_son_of the_slave_woman to_(a)_nation I_will_make_him if/because your(ms)_seed/fruit he. (GEN 21:13)
OET-RV: 13 But I’ll also make the descendants of the slave woman’s son into a nation, because he’s also your son.” (GEN 21:13)
Jump to OET GEN 21:13 section.
OET-LV: 3 Sojourn on_the_earth (the)_this and_I_will_be with_you and_I_will_bless_you if/because to/for_yourself(m) and_to_offspring_of_your I_will_give DOM all_of the_lands (the)_these and_I_will_establish DOM the_oath which I_swore to_ʼAⱱrāhām father_of_your. (GEN 26:3)
OET-RV: 3 Stay as a guest in this region, and I’ll be with you and bless you, because I’ll give all this land to you and to your descendants, and I’ll confirm the oath that I made to your father Avraham. (GEN 26:3)
Jump to OET GEN 26:3 section.
OET-LV: 14 And_it_was your(ms)_seed/fruit like_the_dust_of the_earth/land and_you_will_spread_out westward_to and_eastward_to and_northward_to and_southward_to and_they_will_be_blessed in_you(ms) all_of the_clans_of the_soil and_by_offspring_of_your. (GEN 28:14)
OET-RV: 14 and they will be as numerous as dust particles, and you’ll all spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. (GEN 28:14)
Jump to OET GEN 28:14 section.
OET-LV: 6 And_they_took DOM livestock_of_their and_DOM their_property which they_had_accumulated in_land of_Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_they_came towards_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_all his/its_seed with_him/it. (GEN 46:6)
OET-RV: 6 They had also brought along all their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in Kena’an (Canaan). Then they arrived in Mitsrayim—Ya’akov and all of his offspring with him: (GEN 46:6)
Jump to OET GEN 46:6 section.
OET-LV: 4 And_he/it_said to_me HERE_I am_about_of_to_make_you_fruitful and_I_will_multiply_you and_I_will_make_you (into)_a_company_of peoples and_I_will_give DOM the_earth/land (the)_this to_offspring_of_your after_you a_possession_of perpetuity. (GEN 48:4)
OET-RV: 4 and said to me, ‘Listen, I’ll make you fruitful, and I’ll multiply you and make you into a community of peoples. And I’ll give this land to your offspring after you to be their possession forever.’ (GEN 48:4)
Jump to OET GEN 48:4 section.
OET-LV: 21 And_they_will_wash hands_of_their and_feet_of_their and_not they_will_die and_it_will_be to/for_them a_decree_of perpetuity to_him/it and_for_offspring_of_his to_generations_of_their. (EXO 30:21)
OET-RV: 21 they must wash their hands and feet so they won’t die. This will be a rule for them and for all their descendants throughout the generations. (EXO 30:21)
Jump to OET EXO 30:21 section.
OET-LV: 16 And_a_man if/because it_will_go_out from_him/it a_laying_of seed and_he_will_wash with_water DOM all_of body_of_his and_he_will_be_unclean until the_evening. (LEV 15:16)
OET-RV: 16 Now when a man has an emission of semen, then he must bathe his entire body in water, and he’ll be ‘unclean’ until the evening. (LEV 15:16)
Jump to OET LEV 15:16 section.
OET-LV: 21 And_any_of_your_offspring not you_will_give to_make_pass to_Molek and_not you_will_profane DOM the_name_of your(pl)_god_of_your I am_YHWH. (LEV 18:21)
OET-RV: 21 Don’t sacrifice your children to Molek so you don’t profane your god’s reputation. I am Yahweh. (LEV 18:21)
Jump to OET LEV 18:21 section.
OET-LV: 15 And_not he_will_profane his/its_seed among_kinspeople(s)_of_his if/because I am_YHWH who_sets_of_him_apart_as_holy. (LEV 21:15)
OET-RV: 15 then he won’t profane his offspring among his relatives, because I am Yahweh who sets him apart as ‘holy’. (LEV 21:15)
Jump to OET LEV 21:15 section.
OET-LV: 13 And_a_daughter_of a_priest if/because she_will_be a_widow and_a_divorced_woman and_offspring there_belongs_not to/for_her/it and_she_will_return to the_house_of her_father_of_her like_youth(s)_of_her any_of_the_food_of her_father_of_her she_will_eat and_all stranger not he_will_eat in/on/over_him/it. (LEV 22:13)
OET-RV: 13 However, in the future if she became a widow or was divorced without having had children, and if she has returned to her father’s house like when she was young, then she can eat the same food as her father, but no stranger may eat it. (LEV 22:13)
Jump to OET LEV 22:13 section.
OET-LV: 13 And_ a_man _he_will_lie DOM_her/it a_laying_of seed and_it_will_be_hidden from_the_eyes_of her/its_husband/man and_she_will_be_undiscovered and_she she_has_made_herself_unclean and_a_witness there_was_not on_her and_she not she_was_caught. (NUM 5:13)
OET-RV: 13 when another man secretly has sex with her, then she becomes ‘unclean’, even though there’s no witness against her and she wasn’t caught. (NUM 5:13)
Jump to OET NUM 5:13 section.
OET-LV: 19 All_of the_contributions_of the_holy_gifts which the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) they_will_offer_up to/for_YHWH I_give to/for_yourself(m) and_to_sons_of_your and_to_daughters_of_your with_you to_a_prescribed_portion_of perpetuity is_a_covenant_of salt_of perpetuity it to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH to/for_yourself(m) and_to_offspring_of_your with_you. (NUM 18:19)
OET-RV: 19 All sacred donations by the Israelis, I’ve permanently given to you and your children to eat—it’s an irrevocable agreement with Yahweh for you and your future ancestors.” (NUM 18:19)
Jump to OET NUM 18:19 section.
OET-LV: 37 And_because if/because he_loved DOM ancestors_of_your and_he_chose (in)_offspring_of_his after_him and_he_brought_you_out by_his_own_of_presence by_power_of_his the_big/great(sg) from_Miʦrayim. (DEU 4:37)
OET-RV: 37 Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants as his people and used his power and strength to lead you out of Mitsrayim (DEU 4:37)
Jump to OET DEU 4:37 section.
OET-LV: 9 Not you_will_sow vineyard_of_your two_kinds lest the_full_produce the_seed which you_will_sow and_the_produce_of the_vineyard it_should_be_set_apart. (DEU 22:9)
OET-RV: 9 Don’t plant a crop in your vineyard, because then the harvest of the crop and the fruit from the vineyard will both be defiled. (DEU 22:9)
Jump to OET DEU 22:9 section.
OET-LV: 19 I_call_as_witnesses against_you(pl) the_day DOM the_heavens and_DOM the_earth/land (the)_life and_(the)_death I_have_set to_your_face (the)_blessing and_(the)_curse and_you_will_choose (in)_life so_that you and_offspring_of_your you_may_live. (DEU 30:19)
OET-RV: 19 I call on the heavens and the earth to witness against you today: I’ve placed in front of you the choice between life and death, and between blessings and the curses, so that you’ll be forced to choose life so that you and your descendants will live. (DEU 30:19)
Jump to OET DEU 30:19 section.
OET-LV: 12 Will_you_trust in/on/over_him/it if/because_that it_will_bring_back seed_of_your and_your_threshing_of_floor it_will_gather. (JOB 39:12)
OET-RV: 12 Would you depend on the wild bull to bring in your grain,
⇔ and to pile it on your threshing floor? (JOB 39:12)
Jump to OET JOB 39:12 section.
OET-LV: 15 And_seed(s)_of_your(pl) and_vineyards_of_your(pl) he_will_take_a_tithe and_he/it_gave to_officials_of_his and_to_servants_of_his. (SA1 8:15)
OET-RV: 15 Then he’ll demand a tenth of your seeds and grape harvests for his officials and his servants. (SA1 8:15)
Jump to OET SA1 8:15 section.
OET-LV: 51 The_tower_of the_salvation(s)_of his_king_of_his and_he_is_doing covenant_loyalty to_his_of_anointed to_Dāvid and_to_offspring_of_his until perpetuity. (SA2 22:51)
OET-RV: 51 The one who helps his king to save the people,
⇔ and the one who shows loyalty to the one he chose—
⇔ to David and to his descendants forever.” (SA2 22:51)
Jump to OET SA2 22:51 section.
OET-LV: 13 Self_of_his in_good it_will_remain and_offspring_of_his it_will_possess the_land. (PSA 25:13)
OET-RV: 13 They’ll enjoy a life of goodness,
⇔ ≈ and their descendants will live peacefully in the land. (PSA 25:13)
Jump to OET PSA 25:13 section.
OET-LV: 5 Until perpetuity I_will_establish offspring_of_your and_I_will_build to_a_generation and_a_generation throne_of_your Şelāh. (PSA 89:5)
OET-RV: 4 I will establish your descendants forever,
⇔ ≈ and I will establish your throne through all generations.” (Instrumental break.) (PSA 89:4)
Jump to OET PSA 89:4 section.
OET-LV: 27 And_to_make_fall offspring_of_their among_nations and_to_scatter_them among_lands. (PSA 106:27)
OET-RV: 27 and he’d disperse their descendants across many countries
⇔ ≈ and scatter them in distant lands. (PSA 106:27)
Jump to OET PSA 106:27 section.
OET-LV: 14 And_ YHWH _he_raised_up as_an_adversary to_Shəlomoh/(Solomon) DOM Hₐdad the_ʼEdōmite was_one_of_the_offspring_of the_king he in_ʼEdōm. (KI1 11:14)
OET-RV: 14 Then Yahweh caused Hadad the Edomi (and a descendant of the Edomi king) to stand against Shelomoh (Solomon). (KI1 11:14)
Jump to OET KI1 11:14 section.
OET-LV: 20 And_ YHWH _he_rejected in_all the_offspring_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he_afflicted_them and_he_gave_them in_the_hand_of plunderers until that he_threw_them from_before_of_him. (KI2 17:20)
OET-RV: 20 So Yahweh rejected all the Israelis and he caused them to suffer, including being plundered by enemy armies, until he banished them from his presence. (KI2 17:20)
Jump to OET KI2 17:20 section.
OET-LV: 10 And_ˊAtalyāh the_mother_of ʼAḩazyāh she_saw if/because_that son_of_her he_was_dead and_she/it_arose and_she_destroyed DOM all_of the_offspring_of (the)_royalty of_the_house_of of_Yəhūdāh. (CH2 22:10)
OET-RV: 10 When Ahazyah’s mother Atalyah (Athaliah) found out that her son had died, she took action and destroyed all his family members who could become king of Yehudah (Judah). (CH2 22:10)
Jump to OET CH2 22:10 section.
OET-LV: 13 And_still will_be_in_it a_tenth_part and_it_will_return and_it_will_become (into)_burning like_terebinth and_like_oak which in_the_felling a_stump is_in_them will_be_offspring_of holiness stump_of_its. (ISA 6:13)
OET-RV: 13 If there’s still a tenth of the people in it,
⇔ → then disaster will turn back and burn everything.
⇔ Like an elm or an oak tree that’s been cut down but still has a stump—
⇔ → so too the sacred remnant is the nation’s stump.” (ISA 6:13)
Jump to OET ISA 6:13 section.
OET-LV: 8 And_you(ms) Oh_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) servant_of_my Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) whom I_have_chosen_you the_offspring_of ʼAⱱrāhām friend_of_my. (ISA 41:8)
OET-RV: ⇔ 8 But you, my servant Yisrael (Israel),
⇔ Ya’akov (Jacob) who I’ve chosen,
⇔ the offspring of my friend Avraham, (ISA 41:8)
Jump to OET ISA 41:8 section.
OET-LV: 19 And_he/it_was like_sand offspring_of_your and_the_descendants_of your(pl)_inward_parts_of_your like_grains_of_its not it_will_be_cut_off and_not his/its_name it_will_be_destroyed from_before_face_of_me. (ISA 48:19)
OET-RV: 19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as the sand,
⇔ ≈ and the offspring from your womb like its grains.
⇔ It wouldn’t have been destroyed
⇔ ≈ and had its name removed from my presence. (ISA 48:19)
Jump to OET ISA 48:19 section.
OET-LV: 4 On whom are_you(pl)_making_fun on whom do_you(pl)_make_wide a_mouth do_you(pl)_make_long a_tongue am_not are_you(pl) children_of transgression offspring_of deception. (ISA 57:4)
OET-RV: 4 Who are you all making fun of?
⇔ Who are you speaking out against and poking your tongues out against?
⇔ You’re all children of wickedness—offspring of deception (ISA 57:4)
Jump to OET ISA 57:4 section.
OET-LV: 22 If/because just_as the_heavens (the)_new and_the_earth (the)_new which I am_about_to_make will_endure to/for_my_face/front the_utterance_of YHWH so offspring_of_your(pl) and_name_of_your(pl) it_will_endure. (ISA 66:22)
OET-RV: 22 Just as the new skies and the new earth will stand in front of me,
⇔ so your descendants and your name will endure.
§ That’s what Yahweh declares. (ISA 66:22)
Jump to OET ISA 66:22 section.
OET-LV: 8 If/because (if) by_the_life of_YHWH who he_brought_up and_which he_brought DOM the_offspring_of the_house_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) from_a_land northward_at and_from_all the_lands where I_banished_them there and_they_will_dwell on land_of_their_own. (JER 23:8)
OET-RV: 8 Instead they’ll say, ‘As surely as Yahweh lives, who brought and led the Israelis out of the land in the north and all the other lands that he’d banished them to.’ Then they’ll live in their own land again. (JER 23:8)
Jump to OET JER 23:8 section.
OET-LV: 37 Thus YHWH he_says if the_heavens from_to_above they_will_be_measured and_ the_foundations_of the_earth (to)_downwards _they_will_be_explored also I I_will_reject in_all the_offspring_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) on all_of that they_have_done the_utterance_of YHWH. (JER 31:37)
OET-RV: 37 Yahweh says this:
⇔ If the skies above could be measured and be searched out,
⇔ as well as the foundations of the earth below,
⇔ then I would also reject all of Yisrael’s descendants
⇔ for everything that they’ve done.
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration. (JER 31:37)
Jump to OET JER 31:37 section.
OET-LV: 31 And_I_will_visit on/upon/above_him/it and_on his/its_seed and_on servants_of_his DOM iniquity_of_their and_I_will_bring on_them and_on the_inhabitants_of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_near/to everyone_of Yəhūdāh DOM all_of the_calamity which I_have_spoken against_them and_not they_listened. (JER 36:31)
OET-RV: 31 I’ll punish him, his descendants, and his servants for their wickedness. The disasters that I’ve threatened them with, but which they ignored, I’ll send onto them and all Yerushalem’s (Jerusalem’s) inhabitants, and onto every person in the rest of Yehudah. (JER 36:31)
Jump to OET JER 36:31 section.
OET-LV: 9 In_year one of_Dārəyāvesh the_son_of Ahasuerus one_of_the_descendant[s]_of Māday who he_had_been_made_king over the_kingdom_of the_ones_from_Kasdiy. (DAN 9:1)
OET-RV: 9 It was when Dareyavesh (Darius) (Dareyavesh, the son of Ahashverosh (Ahasuerus), a descendant of the Madim (Medes)) was made king over the realm of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) (perhaps better known by Westerners as Babylonians), (DAN 9:1)
Jump to OET DAN 9:1 section.
OET-LV: 22 And_a_widow and_a_divorced_woman not they_will_take to/for_them to_wives if/because (if) virgins of_the_offspring_of of_the_house_of of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_the_widow who she_will_be a_widow of_a_priest they_will_take. (EZE 44:22)
OET-RV: 22 Also, priests can’t marry widows of men who weren’t priests, or women who’ve been divorced—they’re permitted to marry only Israeli women who’ve never been married, or widows of other priests. (EZE 44:22)
Jump to OET EZE 44:22 section.
OET-LV: 28 And_the_days the_these were_remembered and_observed in_all generation and_generation clan and_clan province and_province and_city and_city and_the_days_of the_Purim the_these not they_will_pass_away from_among_of the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) and_remembrance_of_their not it_will_come_to_an_end from_offspring_of_their. (EST 9:28)
OET-RV: 28 So that’s why every Jewish family in every generation since has celebrated these days as holidays, wherever they live. The Jewish community and its descendants will always faithfully observe this festival of ‘Purim’. (EST 9:28)
Jump to OET EST 9:28 section.
OET-LV: 8 And_you_found DOM heart_of_his faithful to_your_face and_you_made with_him/it the_covenant to_give DOM the_land_of the_Kənaˊₐnī the_Ḩittiy[s] the_ʼAmorī and_the_Pərizzī[s] and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] and_the_Girgāshiy[s] to_give to_offspring_of_his and_you_fulfilled DOM words/messages_of_your if/because are_righteous you. (NEH 9:8)
OET-RV: 8 You discovered that he was sincere and faithful to you, and made an agreement with him—to give the Kena’ani (Canaanite), Hiti, Amori, Perizi, Yevusi, and the Girgashi regions to his descendants, and you have ensured that it’s all come to be because you’re righteous. (NEH 9:8)
Jump to OET NEH 9:8 section.
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