Quick Definition
seed
Strong's Definition
a sowing, i.e. (by implication) parentage
Derivation: from G4687 (σπείρω);
KJV Usage: seed
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπορά, σπορᾶς, ἡ (σπείρω, 2 perfect ἐσπορα), seed: 1Pe_1:23 ((equivalent to a sowing, figuratively, origin, etc., from Aeschylus, Plato down)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπορά spora 1x
a sowing; seed sown; met. generative seed, generation, 1Pe_1:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σπορά , -ᾶς , ἡ
( < σπείρω ),
[in LXX : 2Ki_19:29 ( H2232 ), 1Ma_10:30 * ;]
1. a sowing.
2. seedtime.
3. seed sown (of human offspring, Soph ., Tr ., 316, 420): 1Pe_1:23
( cf. σπέρμα , and v. Milligan , NTD , 105 f .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπορά [page 584]
σπορά in its only NT occurrence, 1Pe_1:23 , has the quasi-collective meaning seed : cf. P Leid W xi. 51 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 121) ἐφάνη γέννα . . . πάντων κρατοῦσα σποράν , δι᾽ ἧς τὰ πάντα ἐσπάρη , semen, per quod omnia seminata sunt. For the more regular usage a sowing of seed, we may cite such passages as BGU II. 586 .11 (no date) τὴν τοῦ [ἐ ]νεστῶτος ἔτους σποράν , P Ryl II. 168 .6 (A.D. 120) (ἀρούρας ) τρεῖς εἰς σπορὰν λαχάνου , P Grenf II. 57 (A.D. 168) τὴν ἐπικει [μέν ]ην σποράν , and P Oxy I. 103 .9 (A.D. 316) ἄρουραν μείαν εἰς σπορὰν λινοκαλάμης ( fine flax : cf. Jos_2:6 ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σπορά σπορά, ἡ, [Etym: σπείρω] "a sowing" of seed, Plat. : of children, "origin, birth", Aesch. , Soph. "seed-time", Eur. "the seed sown", id=Eur. :—of persons, "seed, offspring", Soph. : generally, θηλὺς σπ. the female "race", Eur. Hence.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σπορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(σπείρω), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:29 (זָרַע), 1Ma.10:30 * ;]
__1. a sowing.
__2. seedtime.
__3. seed sown (of human offspring, Soph., Tr., 316, 420): 1Pe.1:23
(cf. σπέρμα, and see Milligan, NTD, 105 f.).†
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