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Strong's #4687 - σπείρω
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- to sow, scatter, seed
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σπείρω, Aeol. σπέρρω Sch.D.T. p.117 H., EM 300.19: Ion. impf. σπείρεσκον Hdt. 4.42: fut. σπερῶ E. El. 79, Pl. Phdr. 276d; Aeol. σπέρσω Sch. E. Hec. 202: aor. ἔσπειρα A. Th. 754 (lyr.), Hdt. 7.107, Pl. Ti. 41c: pf. ἔσπαρκα Polyaen. 2.1.1, etc.: — Med., aor. inf. σπείρασθαι A.R. 3.1028; aor. 2 σπαρέσθαι dub. l. in Polyaen. 8.26: — Pass., fut. σπᾰρήσομαι LXX Nahum 1:14, ( δια- ) D.S. 17.69: aor. ἐσπάρην [ᾰ ] S. OT 1498, Th. 2.27: pf. ἔσπαρμαι E. HF 1098, Ar. Ra. 1206, Pl. Lg. 693a, etc.: —
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I sow seed, c. acc., [ κέγχρους ] Hes. Sc. 399; σῖτον Hdt. 4.17; στάχυν E. Cyc. 121; of Cadmus, ς. γηγενῆ στάχυν Id. Ba. 264 (so in Med., σπείρασθαι ὀδόντας A.R. 3.1028 ): abs., sow, Hes. Op. 391; opp. θερίζω, Ar. Av. 710, etc.: metaph., θερ. καὶ ς. ταῖς γλώσσαις, of corrupt orators, ib. 1697 (lyr.); καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζειν Pl. Phdr. 260d; αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας Gorg. 16: prov., εἰς πέτρας τε καὶ λίθους ς . Pl. Lg. 838e; ς. κατὰ πετ ρῶν, i.e. εἰς πέλαγος (cf. σπέρμα 1.1 ), Luc. Am. 20 .
2. engender, beget offspring (cf. 11.2 ), S. Aj. 1293, Tr. 33, E. Ion 49, etc.; οἱ σπείραντες the parents, IG 3.1339, cf. 14.1794 ( Rome ); ἄθυτα παλλακῶν σπέρματα ς . Pl. Lg. 841d: — Pass., spring or be born, ὅθενπερ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρη S. OT 1498, cf. E. Ion 554 (troch.), Pl. R. 460b; πρὸ τοῦ Ζήνωνα . . σπαρῆναι before Z. was begotten, Phld. Rh. 2.110 S.
3. scatter like seed, strew, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον Hdt. 7.107; ς. φλόγα Trag.Adesp. 85; of liquids, scatter or sprinkle, ἐκ τευχέων ς. δρόσον E. Andr. 167; spread abroad, extend, ς. ἀγλαΐαν νάς ῳ Pi. N. 1.13; spread rumour, ς. ματαίαν βάξιν S. El. 642; μὴ σπεῖρε πολλοῖς τὸν παρόντα δαίμονα do not speak of it indiscriminately, Id. Fr. 653: — Pass., to be scattered or dispersed, ἐσπαρμένος κατὰ . . πόλιν, of the ashes of Solon scattered over Salamis, Cratin. 228; τόξα δ' ἔσπαρται πέδῳ E. HF 1098; of persons, ἐσπάρησαν καθ' Ἑλλάδα Th. 2.27; ἐσπαρμένοι εἰς ἁρπαγήν X. HG 3.4.22; κατὰ χώραν ib. 6.2.17; ἔσπαρται λόγος E. Fr. 846 ap. Ar. Ra. 1206 .
II sow a field, νειόν Hes. Op. 463; γῆν, τέμενος, πεδιάδα, Hdt. 4.42, 9.116, 122; ἄρουραν A. Fr. 158; ἡ σπειρομένη Αἴγυπτος the arable part of Egypt, Hdt. 2.77; τυχεῖν μὲν ἤδη 'σπαρμένα Ar. Pax 1140; ἀροῦται καὶ σπείρεται τὸ Θηβαίων ἄστυ Din. 1.24: prov., πόντον σπείρειν, of lost labour, Thgn. 106, 107: metaph., καινοτάταις ς. διανοίαις Ar. V. 1044; ς. εἰς ἀρετῆς ἔκφυσιν Pl. Lg. 777e; τοὺς ἐν γράμμασι κήπους Id. Phdr. 276d .
2. of procreation, ματρὸς . . ς. ἄρουραν A. Th. 754; ς. τέκνων ἄλοκα E. Ph. 18; ς. λέχη Id. Ion 64; ἣν ἔσπειρε, i.e. his wife, Lib. Or. 37.9; v. supr. 1.2 .
σπείρω; (imperfect 2 person singular ἐσπειρες, Matthew 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 זָרַע ; to sow, scatter seed;
a. properly: absolutely, Matthew 6:26; Matthew 13:3f, 18; Mark 4:3f, 14; Luke 8:5; Luke 12:24; (John 5:36f (see in b.)); 2 Corinthians 9:10; with an accusative of the thing, as σπέρμα ζιζάνια, κόκκον (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 5): Matthew 13:24f (but in 25 L T Tr WH have ἐπέσπειρεν), 27,37,39; Mark 4:32: Luke 8:5; 1 Corinthians 15:36f; with specifications of place: εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:18; ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, Matthew 13:24 (31); ἐπί τῆς γῆς. Mark 4:31; ἐπί with an accusative of place, Matthew 13:20, 23; Mark 4:16, 20; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Matthew 13:19.
b. in proverbial sayings: absolutely, Matthew 25:24, 26; Luke 19:21; John 4:37; 2 Corinthians 9:6; τί, Galatians 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, Galatians 6:8; τόν λόγον, to scatter the seeds of instruction, i. e. to impart instruction, Mark 4:14f; 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, Mark 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, Matthew 13:19; add, 20-23; Mark 4:16, 18, 20. τό σῶμα, the body, which after death is committed like seed to the earth, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44; καρπόν δικαιοσύνης, i. e. that seed which produces καρπόν δικαιοσύνης (see καρπός, 2 b.), James 3:18; σπείρειν τίνι τί, to give, manifest, something to one, from whom we may subsequently receive something else akin to a harvest (θερίζομεν), 1 Corinthians 9:11. (Compare: διασπείρω, ἐπισπείρω.)
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*σπείρω
[in LXX chiefly for H2232;]
to sow (seed): absol., Matthew 6:26; Matthew 13:3-4; Matthew 13:18; Matthew 25:24; Matthew 25:26, Mark 4:3-4, Luke 8:5; Luke 12:24, John 4:36, 2 Corinthians 9:10; c. acc rei, Matthew 13:24; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 13:37; Matthew 13:39, Mark 4:32, Luke 8:5, 1 Corinthians 15:36-37; seq. εἰς , Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:18; ἐν , Matthew 13:24; Matthew 13:31; ἐπί , c. gen., Mark 4:31; ἐπί , c. acc, Matthew 13:20; Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:16; Mark 4:20; παρά , c. acc, Matthew 13:19. Metaph.: 1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Galatians 6:7-8, James 3:18; in proverbial sayings, Matthew 25:24; Matthew 25:26, Luke 19:21-22, John 4:37, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Galatians 6:7; in interpretation of parables, Matthew 13:19-23 Mark 4:14-20 †
* ἐπι -οπείρω ,
to sow upon or besides: ἀνὰ μέσον , Matthew 13:25.†
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With this verb = ";move,"; ";stir up,"; in Acts 6:12, its only NT occurrence, cf. Polyb. xv. 17. 1 συγκινεῖ πως ἕκαστον ἡμῶν ὁ ξενισμός.
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