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Strong's #4703 - σπόρος
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- a sowing
- seed (used in sowing)
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σπόρος, ὁ, ( σπείρω ) sowing, Hdt. 8.109, X. Oec. 7.20, Theoc. 16.94, etc.; μετὰ τὸν ς . Pl. Ti. 42d: metaph., ὁ γαμήλιος ς. καὶ ἄροτος Plu. 2.144b: pl., Thphr. HP 7.5.5 .
2. seed-time, X. Oec. 17.4; ἀπὸ σπόρω Theoc. 10.14 .
II seed, λίνου ς . Hp. Epid. 7.65; ς. ἐν νειοῖσιν βάλλοντες Theoc. 25.25, cf. A.R. 3.413, Mark 4:26, etc.
2. harvest, crop, Hdt. 4.53, PGrenf. 2.36.16 (i B.C.), etc.; ὁ πρώϊμος ς . OGI 56.68 (Canopus, iii B.C. ); γᾶς ς . S. Ph. 706 (lyr.).
3. offspring, Lyc. 221,750.
4. semen genitale, v.l. for γονή in Hp. Vict. 2.54 .
σπόρος, σπόρου, ὁ (σπείρω, 2 perfect ἐσπορα);
1. a sowing (Herodotus, Xenophon, Theophrastus, others).
2. seed (used in sowing): Mark 4:26; Luke 8:5, 11; 2 Corinthians 9:10a (L Tr, 10b) (Deuteronomy 11:10; Theocr, Plutarch, others).
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σπόρος , -ου , ὁ
(< σπείρω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2233;]
= σπορά ,
1. sowing or seedtime.
2. seed sown (so usually in late Gk.): Mark 4:26-27, Luke 8:5; Luke 8:11, 2 Corinthians 9:10 a (LTr.); metaph., of almsgiving, 2 Corinthians 9:10 b.†
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";discussion"; (in TR of Acts 28:9), is one of the Greek words used by Cicero, ad Fam. xvi. 21. 4 non est enim seiunctus iocus a φιλολογίᾳ et quotidiana συζητήσει. It is also found in Epicurus Fr. lxxiv. (ed. Bailey, p. 116).
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