Quick Definition
seed
Strong's Definition
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
Derivation: from H2232 (זָרַע);
KJV Usage: [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
TWOT Reference: 582a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) seed, sowing, offspring
1a) a sowing
1b) seed
1c) semen virile
1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children
1e) of moral quality
1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)
1f) sowing time (by meton)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
: seed/sowing
1) seed, sowing, offspring
1a) a sowing
1b) seed
1c) semen virile
1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children
1e) of moral quality
1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)
1f) sowing time (by meton)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
זֶרַע
zera‛
BDB Definition:
1) seed, sowing, offspring
1a) a sowing
1b) seed
1c) semen virile
1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children
1e) of moral quality
1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (figuratively)
1f) sowing time (by metonymy)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2232
Same Word by TWOT Number: 582a
Total KJV Occurrences: 230