Quick Definition
σπόρος, ου, ὁ n.m. seed for sowing
Strong's Definition
from 4687; a scattering (of seed), i.e. (concretely) seed (as sown)
KJV Usage: seed (X sown)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | σπείρω
3.35 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
seed the kernel part of fruit, usually grain A number of languages make distinctions between two quite different types of seed: (1) those produced by grasses (that is to say, grains) and (2) those produced by other types of plants, for example, beans, squash, apples, etc. In all passages employing the Greek terms in this subdomain (κόκκος, σπέρμα, σπόρος), it is best to use some expression referring to ‘grain.’
See also 10.23 for σπορά ‘seed’ used figuratively of descendants.
MRK 4:26 · MRK 4:27 · LUK 8:5 · LUK 8:11 · 2CO 9:10 · 2CO 9:10
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπόρος, -ov, 6, (σπείρω, 2 pf. ἔσπορα) ; 1. a sowing (Hdt., Xen., Theophr., al.). 2. seed (used in sowing): Mk. iv. 26sq.; Lk. viii. 5,11; 2 Οο. ἴχ. 19) [L Tr, 10°], (Deut. xi. 10; Theocr., Plut., al.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπόρος sporos 6x
a sowing; in NT seed, that which is sown, Mk. 4:26, 27; Lk. 8:5, 11; met. the seed sown in almsgiving, 2 Cor. 9:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σπόρος, -ου, ὁ
(< σπείρω), [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע ;]
= σπορά,
sowing or seedtime.
seed sown (so usually in late Gk.): Mk 4:26, 27, Lk 8:5, 11, II Co 9:10 a (LTr.); metaph., of almsgiving, II Co 9:10b .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπόρος. (1) ‘‘Sowing’’ or ‘‘seed-time’’: Ostr 1027° (Ptol.) ἐπιγένη(μα) οὗ ἐμίσθωσά σοι κλήρου els τὴν σπόρον τοῦ KE ἔτους, ‘‘the increase of the lot that I have let to them, for the sowing of the year 25,’’ P Lille I. 585 (B.c. 260-59) σπέρμα εἰς τὸν σπόρον, P Par 63% (B.c. 164) (= P Petr HI. Ῥ. 19) ἡ περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸν σπόρον [φ]ροντὶς κοινῆι πᾶσιν ἐπιβάλλει τοῖς τῶν πραγμ[άτων κηδομένοις, ‘ consideration for those engaged in sowing the seed is a common duty in-
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σπόρος (sporos) — seed. σπόρος, ὁ, (σπείρω) sowing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ τὸν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. seed-time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. seed, λίνου σ. [NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2. harvest, crop, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πρώϊμος σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; γᾶς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. offspring, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.4. semen genitale, variant for{γονή} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]