Sperma σπέρμα

Sperma (Greek σπέρμα, Strong's G4690) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “seed: offspring”. It occurs 43 times in 40 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G4690G: seed: offspring

G4690H: seed(s)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sperma, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 13:24
  Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
• Matthew 13:27
  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
• Matthew 13:32
  Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
• Matthew 13:37
  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
• Matthew 13:38
  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
• Matthew 22:24
  Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
• Matthew 22:25
  Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

Mark

• Mark 4:31
  It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
• Mark 12:19
  Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
• Mark 12:20
  Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
• Mark 12:21
  And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.
• Mark 12:22
  And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

Luke

• Luke 1:55
  As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
• Luke 20:28
  Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

John

• John 7:42
  Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
• John 8:33
  They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
• John 8:37
  I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

Acts

• Acts 3:25
  Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
• Acts 7:5
  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
• Acts 7:6
  And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
• Acts 13:23
  Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

Romans

• Romans 1:3
  Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
• Romans 4:13
  For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
• Romans 4:16
  Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
• Romans 4:18
  Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Romans 9:7
  Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
• Romans 9:8
  That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
• Romans 9:29
  And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
• Romans 11:1
  I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 15:38
  But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 11:22
  Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Galatians

• Galatians 3:16
  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
• Galatians 3:19
  Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
• Galatians 3:29
  And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 2:8
  Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

Hebrews

• Hebrews 2:16
  For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
• Hebrews 11:11
  Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
• Hebrews 11:18
  Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

1 John

• 1 John 3:9
  Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Revelation

• Revelation 12:17
  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).