Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV Usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
זָרַע (za.ra) — to sow. 1) to sow, scatter seed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sow 1a2) producing, yielding seed 1b)(Niphal) 1b1) to be sown 1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant 1c) (Pual) to be sown 1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · זֵרוּעַ · זֶרַע · זֵרְעֹנִים · מִזְרָע · זְרַע
Plant | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to sow, to scatter, to plant = action by which humans scatter seeds or plant young plants in a field so that they may grow into a new crop; ≈ associated with the concept of investing in order to get a return; also associated with reproduction and perpetuation
GEN 26:12 · GEN 47:23 · EXO 23:10 · EXO 23:16 · LEV 11:37 · LEV 19:19 · LEV 25:3 · LEV 25:4 · LEV 25:11 · LEV 25:20 · LEV 25:22 · LEV 26:16 · DEU 11:10 · DEU 21:4 · DEU 22:9 · DEU 22:9 · DEU 29:22 · JDG 6:3 · JDG 9:45 · 2KI 19:29 · JOB 4:8 · JOB 31:8 · PSA 97:11 · PSA 107:37 · PSA 126:5 · PRO 11:18 · PRO 22:8 · ECC 11:4 · ECC 11:6 · ISA 17:10 · ISA 28:24 · ISA 30:23 · ISA 32:20 · ISA 37:30 · ISA 40:24 · ISA 55:10 · JER 2:2 · JER 4:3 · JER 12:13 · JER 31:27 · JER 35:7 · JER 50:16 · EZK 36:9 · HOS 2:25 · HOS 8:7 · HOS 10:12 · MIC 6:15 · NAM 1:14 · HAG 1:6 · ZEC 10:9
Exist | verb qal, verb hif
Collocation: זרע זֶרַע
to yield seed, to bear seed = causative process by which plants and fruits produce seed for reproduction
Pregnant | verb hif
to become pregnant literally: to be sown; hence: = process by which a woman becomes pregnant ◄ as if she is a field that is sown
Pregnant | verb nif
Collocation: זרע זֶרַע
to impregnate, to make pregnant literally: to sow a woman; hence: = causative action by which a man impregnates a woman ◄ as if she is a field that is sown
1 PSA 97:11 MT HOTTP-C NJPS ESV "is sown" REB "a harvest has arisen" | RSV NJB NRSV "dawns" GNT "shines" זרח 2 HOS 8:7 ABYC "to sow when it is windy" | RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT ESV "sow (the) wind" CEV "scatter wind" 3 NAM 1:14 HALOT יִזָּכֵר = זכר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
זָרַע vb. sow, scatter seed Qal lit. sow
of shrub and tree producing, yielding seed
fig.
Niph. be sown, fructified be sown
be fructified, made pregnant
Pu. of princes and judges under fig. of trees
Hiph. produce seed
of a woman, = bear a child
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