sperma · seed, offspring

What it means

sperma (σπέρμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “seed, offspring”.

Seed; also offspring, descendants.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What is sown in the ground so that a plant will grow.
2. Someone's children and descendants.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• offspring ×33
• seed ×5
• seeds ×3
• beget ×1
• offsprings ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×5
• Luke×2
• John×3
• Acts×4
• Romans×9
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×5
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×3
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 13:24

  He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven has become like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

• Matthew 13:27

  And the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where does it get darnel?’

• Matthew 13:32

  it is smaller than all the seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

• Matthew 13:37

  He answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

• Matthew 13:38

  and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;

• Matthew 22:24

  saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’

• Matthew 22:25

  Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first married and died, and not having offspring, he left his wife to his brother;

• Mark 4:31

  It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds that are on the earth;

• Mark 12:19

  “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

• Mark 12:20

  There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and when he died he left no offspring;

• Mark 12:21

  and the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise;

• Mark 12:22

  and the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.

• Luke 1:55

  just as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

• Luke 20:28

  saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

• John 7:42

  Has not the Scripture said that the Messiah comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

• John 8:33

  They answered him, “We are the offspring of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

• John 8:37

  I know that you are the offspring of Abraham; but you are seeking to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

• Acts 3:25

  You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

• Acts 7:5

  And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foothold; and he promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, when he had no child.

• Acts 7:6

  And God spoke thus: that his offspring would be foreigners in a land belonging to others, and they would enslave them and mistreat them four hundred years.

• Acts 13:23

  From this man’s offspring God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

• Romans 1:3

  concerning his Son, who came from the offspring of David according to the flesh,

• Romans 4:13

  For the promise to Abraham or to his offspring, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

• Romans 4:16

  For this reason it is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be certain to all the offspring, not only to those of the law but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

• Romans 4:18

  He believed, in hope against hope, so that he would become the father of many nations according to what had been said: So your offspring will be.

• Romans 9:7

  nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s offspring; but: Through Isaac your offspring will be called.

• Romans 9:8

  That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

• Romans 9:29

  And as Isaiah said beforehand: If the Lord Tsevaot had not left us offspring, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.

• Romans 11:1

  I say then, God has not rejected his people, has he? By no means! For I too am an Israelite, of the offspring of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

• 1 Corinthians 15:38

  But God gives it a body just as he willed, and to each of the seeds its own body.

• 2 Corinthians 11:22

  Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.

• Galatians 3:16

  Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his offspring. It does not say, And to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your offspring, who is the Messiah.

• Galatians 3:19

  Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

• Galatians 3:29

  And if you are the Messiah’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

• 2 Timothy 2:8

  Remember Jesus the Messiah, raised from the dead, from the offspring of David, according to my good news,

• Hebrews 2:16

  For surely it is not angels he takes hold of, but he takes hold of the offspring of Abraham.

• Hebrews 11:11

  By faith he also received power to beget, together with Sarah herself, even beyond the time of their age, since he considered faithful the one who had promised.

• Hebrews 11:18

  of whom it had been said: Through Isaac offspring will be named for you,

• 1 John 3:9

  No one who has been born of God commits sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

• Revelation 12:17

  And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.

And 3 more times.