Strong's Lexicon
G4703
G4703 — σπόρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4703 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σπόρος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4687 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | sporos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | spor'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a scattering (of seed) 2. (concretely) seed (as sown) |
| KJV Renderings: | seed (X sown) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπόρος, σπόρου, ὁ (σπείρω, 2 perfect ἐσπορα);
1. a sowing (Herodotus, Xenophon, Theophrastus, others).
2. seed (used in sowing): Mar 4:26; Luk 8:5; Luk 8:11; 2Co 9:10 a (L Tr, 10b) (Deu 11:10; Theocr, Plutarch, others).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σπόρος (seed (X sown))
Mark 4:26
- KJV: And he said So is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground
- GK: και έλεγεν ούτως εστίν η βασιλεία του θεού ως εάν άνθρωπος βάλη τον σπόρον επί της γης
Mark 4:27
- KJV: And should sleep and rise night and day and the seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how
- GK: και καθεύδη και εγείρηται νύκτα και ημέραν και ο σπόρος βλαστάνη και μηκύνηται ως ουκ οίδεν αυτός
Luke 8:5
- KJV: A sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the way side and it was trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured it
- GK: εξήλθεν ο σπείρων του σπείραι τον σπόρον εαυτού και εν τω σπείρειν αυτόν ο μεν έπεσε παρά την οδόν και κατεπατήθη και τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατέφαγεν αυτό
Luke 8:11
- KJV: Now the parable is this The seed is the word of God
- GK: έστι δε αύτη η παραβολή ο σπόρος εστίν ο λόγος του θεού
2 Corinthians 9:10
- KJV: Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for food and multiply your seed sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness
- GK: ο δε επιχορηγών σπέρμα τω σπείροντι και άρτον εις βρώσιν χορηγήσαι και πληθύναι τον σπόρον υμών και αυξήσαι τα γενήματα της δικαιοσύνης υμών