σπέρμα, -τος, τό
(< σπείρω) [in LXX chiefly for זֶרַע;]
seed;
(a) of plants: Mt 13:24, 2737, 38, II Co 9:10; pl., Mt 13:32, Mk 4:31, I Co 15:33; metaph., of an escaping remnant (שָׂרִיד, Is 1:9; cf. Wi 14:6; Plat., Tim., 23 c; FlJ, Ant., xi, 5, 3), Ro 9:29;
(b) of men (as γονή; Lat. semen genitale; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, Le 15:16, al.): He 11:11; metaph., of the divine influence, I Jo 3:9; by meton. (as freq. in poets), seed, offspring, posterity: Mt 22:24, 25, Mk 12:19-22, Lk 1:5520:28(LXX)Jo 7:428:33, 37Ac 3:257:5, 613:23, Ro 1:34:13, 189:7, 811:1, II Co 11:22, Ga 3:16, 19, II Ti 2:8, He 2:1611:18; pl. (FlJ, Ant., viii, 7, 6; Plat., Leg., ix, 853 c; IV Mac 18:1; in Ga, l.c., contrasted with sing., v. Lft., in l; Milligan, NTD, 105 f.), Ga 3:16; of spiritual offspring, Ro 4:16, 189:8, Ga 3:29, Re 12:17.†