Strong's Lexicon
G4687 — σπείρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4687 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σπείρω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | probably strengthened from G4685 (through the idea of extending) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 53 |
| Transliteration: | speiro |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | spei'-ro |
| Meaning: | 1. to scatter, i.e. sow {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | sow(- er), receive seed |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπείρω; (imperfect 2 person singular ἐσπειρες, Mat 13:27 Tr); 1 aorist ἔσπειρα; passive, present σπείρομαι; perfect passive participle ἐσπαρμενος; 2 aorist ἐσπάρην; (derived from the quick, jerky, motion of the hand; cf. our spurn (of the foot); Curtius, § 389); from Hesiod down; the Sept. for æÈøÇò ; to sow, scatter seed;
a. properly: absolutely, Mat 6:26; Matthew 13:3f, 18; Mark 4:3f, 14; Luk 8:5; Luk 12:24; (Joh 5:36 f (see in b.)); 2Co 9:10; with an accusative of the thing, as σπέρμα ζιζάνια, κόκκον (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 5): Mat 13:24 f (but in 25 L T Tr WH have ἐπέσπειρεν), 27,37,39; Mar 4:32 : Luk 8:5; 1Co 15:36 f; with specifications of place: εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας, Mat 13:22; Mar 4:18; ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, Mat 13:24 (31); ἐπί τῆς γῆς. Mar 4:31; ἐπί with an accusative of place, Mat 13:20; Mat 13:23; Mar 4:16; Mar 4:20; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Mat 13:19.
b. in proverbial sayings: absolutely, Mat 25:24; Mat 25:26; Luk 19:21; Joh 4:37; 2Co 9:6; τί, Gal 6:7 (on these sayings see θερίζω, b.). in comparisons: σπρίειν εἰς τήν σάρκα, εἰς τό πνεῦμα (σάρξ and πνεῦμα are likened to fields to be sown), to do those things which satisfy the nature and promptings of the σάρξ or of the πνεῦμα, Gal 6:8; τόν λόγον, to scatter the seeds of instruction, i. e. to impart instruction, Mar 4:14 f; ὁ λόγος, ὁ ἐσπαρμενος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, the ideas and precepts that have been implanted like seed in their hearts, i. e. received in their hearts, Mar 14:15 (here Tr text WH εἰς αὐτούς into their hearts T L marginal reading ἐν αὐτοῖς); οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ παρά τήν ὁδόν σπαρείς, this one experiences the fate of the seed sown by the wayside, Mat 13:19; add, 20-23; Mar 4:16; Mar 4:18; Mar 4:20. τό σῶμα, the body, which after death is committed like seed to the earth, 1Co 15:42-44; καρπόν δικαιοσύνης, i. e. that seed which produces καρπόν δικαιοσύνης (see καρπός, 2 b.), Jas 3:18; σπείρειν τίνι τί, to give, manifest, something to one, from whom we may subsequently receive something else akin to a harvest (θερίζομεν), 1Co 9:11. (Compare: διασπείρω, ἐπισπείρω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σπείρω (sow(- er))
Matthew 6:26
- KJV: Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better than they
- GK: εμβλέψατε εις τα πετεινά του ουρανού ότι ου σπείρουσιν ουδέ θερίζουσιν ουδέ συνάγουσιν εις αποθήκας και ο πατήρ υμών ο ουράνιος τρέφει αυτά ουχ υμείς μάλλον διαφέρετε αυτών
Matthew 13:3
- KJV: And he spake many things unto them in parables saying Behold a sower went forth to sow
- GK: και ελάλησεν αυτοίς πολλά εν παραβολαίς λέγων ιδού εξήλθεν ο σπείρων του σπειρείν
Matthew 13:4
- KJV: And when he sowed some fell by the way side and the fowls came and devoured them up
- GK: και εν τω σπείρειν αυτόν α μεν έπεσε παρά την οδόν και ήλθε τα πετεινά και κατέφαγεν αυτά
Matthew 13:18
- KJV: Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower
- GK: υμείς ουν ακούσατε την παραβολήν του σπείροντος
Matthew 13:19
- KJV: When any one heareth the word of the kingdom and understandeth not then cometh the wicked and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart This is he which received seed by the way side
- GK: παντός ακούοντος τον λόγον της βασιλείας και μη συνιέντος έρχεται ο πονηρός και αρπάζει το εσπαρμένον εν τη καρδία αυτού ούτός εστιν ο παρά την οδόν σπαρείς
Matthew 13:20
- KJV: But he that received the seed into stony places the same is he that heareth the word and anon with joy receiveth it
- GK: ο δε επί τα πετρώδη σπαρείς ούτός εστιν ο τον λόγον ακούων και ευθύς μετά χαράς λαμβάνων αυτόν
Matthew 13:22
- KJV: He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and he becometh unfruitful
- GK: ο δε εις τας ακάνθας σπαρείς ούτός εστιν ο τον λόγον ακούων και η μέριμνα του αιώνος τούτου και η απάτη του πλούτου συμπνίγει τον λόγον και άκαρπος γίνεται
Matthew 13:23
- KJV: But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth which also beareth fruit and bringeth forth some an hundredfold some sixty some thirty
- GK: ο δε επί την γην την καλήν σπαρείς ούτός εστιν ο τον λόγον ακούων και συνιών ος δη καρποφορεί και ποιεί ο μεν εκατόν ο δε εξήκοντα ο δε τριάκοντα
Matthew 13:24
- KJV: Another parable put he forth unto them saying The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field
- GK: άλλην παραβολήν παρέθηκεν αυτοίς λέγων ωμοιώθη η βασιλεία των ουρανών ανθρώπω σπείροντι καλόν σπέρμα εν τω αγρώ αυτού