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Strong's #2233 - זֶרַע

Transliteration

zeraʻ

Phonetics

zeh'-rah

Origin

from (H2232)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

582a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

seed, sowing, offspring
1. a sowing
2. seed
3. semen virile
4. offspring, descendants, posterity, children
5. of moral quality
  1. a practitioner of righteousness (figuratively)
6. sowing time (by meton)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1074 ‑ γενεά (ghen‑eh‑ah'); 1078 ‑ γένεσις (ghen'‑es‑is); 1085 ‑ γένος (ghen'‑os); 1484 ‑ ἔθνος (eth'‑nos); 2593 ‑ καρποφόρος (kar‑pof‑or'‑os); 2961 ‑ κυριεύω (koo‑ree‑yoo'‑o); 4690 ‑ σπέρμα (sper'‑mah); 4703 ‑ σπόρος (spor'‑os); 5207 ‑ υἱός (hwee‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (227)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 8

Deuteronomy 15

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 25

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

BSB (223)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 14

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 26

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

CSB (206)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 4

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 26

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

ESV (254)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 14

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 30

Isaiah 26

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

KJV (226)

Genesis 58

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 14

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 25

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

LEB (224)

Genesis 58

Exodus 6

Leviticus 23

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 14

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 4

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 26

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

LSB (228)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 23

Numbers 8

Deuteronomy 15

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 26

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

N95 (206)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 21

Numbers 8

Deuteronomy 15

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 25

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

NAS (227)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 15

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 25

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (230)

Genesis 59

Exodus 6

Leviticus 24

Numbers 8

Deuteronomy 15

Joshua 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

Esther 5

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 27

Jeremiah 21

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Haggai 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

ASV (227)

a seed 4

all the seed 4

also of the seed 1

also that thy seed 1

and all his seed 1

and all his seed with him 1

and between thy seed 1

and for their seed 1

and have no child 1

and her seed 1

and his seed 5

and in thee and in thy seed 1

and in thy seed 1

and it shall be unto him, and to his seed 1

and let thy seed 1

and of him whose seed 1

and of his seed 1

and the seed 1

and their seed 4

and thy seed 6

and to his seed 2

and to thy seed 3

and unto his seed 1

and upon thy seed 1

and with the seed 1

be of the seed 1

because he is thy seed 1

between me and thee and thy seed 1

between me and you and thy seed 1

but the seed 2

carnally 2

even of the seed 1

even the whole seed 1

for his seed 1

for they are the seed 1

for thy seed 1

from their seed 1

give any of thy seed 1

he and his seed 1

he be of all your seed 1

he be of thy seed 1

here is seed 1

him and his seed 1

him; all ye the seed 1

himself: his seed 1

his seed 5

is the seed 2

it in a fruitful 1

it to the seed 1

it unto his seed 1

it unto thy seed 1

lands; and in thy seed 1

my seed 1

nbsp 1

nor his seed 1

nor seed 1

nor their seed 1

not unto the seed 1

o ye seed 2

of him, all ye the seed 1

of his seed 6

of seed 3

of the seed 8

of their seed 1

of thy seed 4

of thy seed's 1

of your seed 1

over the seed 1

seed 27

seedtime 1

shall all the seed 1

shall be between me and thee, and between my seed 1

shall be your own, for seed 1

shall thy seed 1

shall thy seed be 1

so shall your seed 1

than he, and his seed 1

that are of the seed 1

that is not of the seed 1

that is not of thy seed 1

that the seed 1

that thy seed 1

the seed 11

thee seed 1

thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed 1

their seed 4

them, that they are the seed 1

then may thy seed 1

then the seed 1

thereof: the sowing 1

thou and thy seed 1

thou makest thy seed 1

thou, and thy seed 1

thy seed 14

thy seed also 1

to all his seed 1

to the sowing 1

to thee, and to thy seed 1

to them, even to him and to his seed 1

to thy seed 1

unto him and unto his seed 1

unto the sowing time 1

unto thee and to thy seed 1

unto thee and to thy seed with thee 1

unto thee, and to thy seed 1

unto thee, and unto thy seed 1

unto them and to their seed 2

unto thy seed 5

unto your seed 1

upon the seed 1

upon them, and upon their seed 1

upon thy seed 1

us seed 1

wherein is the seed 1

whereon is the seed 1

whether of the seed 1

whose seed 1

with seed 1

with the seed 1

with two kinds of seed 1

with you, and with your seed 1

your seed 3

BSB (223)

The Berean Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

CSB (206)

a people 1

ancestors 1

ancestry 1

birth 1

bloodline 1

brood 1

child 1

children 12

children's 1

descendant 4

descendants 47

descent 1

family 5

grain 3

heirs 2

her seed 1

his descendants 3

line 2

of seed 3

offspring 54

people 1

race 1

seed 22

seedtime 1

semen 5

the children 1

the crop 1

the descendants 9

the grain 1

the lineage 1

the offspring 5

the seed 5

their descendants 1

time 1

your descendants 1

your grain 1

your offspring 1

your seed 3

ESV (254)

be a sowing 1

child 1

children 11

children's 1

crop 1

descendants 10

descent 3

family 5

fertile 1

grain 4

house 1

of the 1

offspring 133

offspring be 1

people 2

posterity 1

race 1

seed 68

seedtime 1

semen 4

sexually 1

sow 1

sowing 1

KJV (226)

* 2

carnally 2

child 2

fruitful 1

seed 213

seed and her seed 1

seed and thy seed 1

seed's seed 1

seedtime 1

time 1

with 1

LEB (224)

⌊a male child⌋ 1

⌊seed for sowing⌋ 1

⌊shall be offspring 1

⌊to keep their kind 1

a widow 1

according to 1

an offspring of 1

and among your offspring 1

and his children 1

and his descendants 1

and his offspring 6

and the offspring of 1

and the seed of 1

and their ⌊descendants⌋ 2

and their descent 1

and to his descendants 2

and to your descendants 2

and with the seed of 1

and your descendants 1

and your offspring 3

are he and his offspring 1

as seed for 1

both the seed 1

but the children of 1

but the offspring of 1

child 1

children⌋ 1

descendants 5

descendants out 1

descendants⌋ 1

family⌋ 1

for him and for his offspring 1

for him and his ⌊offspring⌋ 1

for you and to your offspring 1

for your seed 1

he is your offspring 1

his ⌊descendants⌋ 1

his descendants 1

his offspring 13

is seed 1

is the seed of 1

it a seed of 1

it in ⌊fertile 1

it to his seed 1

it to the descendants of 1

it to them and to their offspring 2

it to your offspring 1

its seed requirements⌋ 1

me a descendant 1

me your offspring 1

my ⌊descendants⌋ 1

my offspring 1

o offspring of 2

of 1

offspring 9

offspring for her 1

offspring of 2

offspring of 1

offspring⌋ 1

or his children 1

or seed for us 1

or their descent 1

s 1

seed 13

seed according to 1

seed in 1

semen 6

shall your descendants 1

shall your offspring 1

the descendants of 3

the offspring 2

the offspring of 16

the seed 3

the seed of 3

the sowing 1

their ⌊descendants⌋ 2

their descendants 1

their offspring 4

them their offspring 1

there is seed⌋ 1

there will be a sowing of 1

they are descendants 1

those of the seed of 1

through you and through your descendants 1

through your offspring 2

to him and to his offspring 1

to his offspring 1

to the descendants of 1

to the offspring of 1

to you and to your descendants 3

to you and to your offspring 2

to you and your offspring 1

to your offspring 6

us seed 1

with the seed of 1

you an offspring 1

you and your offspring 1

you seed of 2

you, the ⌊offspring⌋ of 1

your ⌊children⌋ 1

your ⌊offspring⌋ 1

your descendants 7

your descendants numerous 1

your grain 1

your offspring 16

your offspring in order to 1

your seed 6

your sowing 1

LSB (228)

grain 2

seed 215

seed's 1

seedtime 1

seminal 4

sexually 1

sow 1

sowing 1

time 1

what 1

N95 (206)

child 1

children 3

descendant 3

descendants 92

descent 1

family 6

fertile 1

grain 3

line 1

nation 1

offspring 39

offspring's 1

origin 1

race 1

seed 44

seedtime 1

seminal 4

sow 1

time 1

what 1

NAS (227)

child 5

children 11

descendant 4

descendants 120

descent 1

family 6

fertile 1

grain 3

line 2

nation 1

offspring 16

offspring's 1

origin 1

posterity 1

seed 42

seedtime 1

seminal 4

sexual 2

son 1

sow 1

sowing 1

time 1

what 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (230)

a seed 3

all the seed 3

also of the seed 1

also that your seed 1

and all his seed with him 1

and between your offspring 1

and has no child 1

and her offspring 1

and his seed 2

and let your seed 1

and of his seed 1

and on your seed 1

and their descendants 1

and their seed 1

and to his seed 3

and to your seed 1

and with the seed 1

and your seed 5

any of his seed 1

because he is your seed 1

between me and you and your seed 1

boy 1

brought all his seed 1

but the children 1

but the seed 1

carnally 2

child 1

children 1

descent 1

even of the seed 1

even the whole seed 1

for his seed 1

for the seed 1

for they are the seed 1

for your seed 1

from their seed 1

give any of your children 1

has let me see your seed also 1

he and his seed 1

here is seed 1

him and his seed 1

his seed 9

in you and in your seed 1

in your seed 2

is the seed 1

it in a fruitful 1

it to his seed 1

it to the seed 1

it to your seed 2

its seed 1

my seed 1

nor his children 1

nor seed 1

nor their seed 1

of his seed 5

of seed 3

of semen 3

of the seed 6

of their seed 1

of your seed 6

on the seed 1

on your seed 1

over the seed 1

posterity 1

seed 28

semen 1

shall all the seed 1

shall your seed be 1

so your seed 1

that the seed 1

that your seed 1

the children 1

the seed 11

their child 1

their posterity 1

their seed 5

then the seed 1

then your seed 1

to all his descendants 1

to him and to his descendants 1

to the seed 2

to the sowing time 1

to them and to their seed 2

to you and to your seed 2

to you and to your seed with you 1

to your offspring 1

to your seed 6

us seed 1

whether of the seed 1

who are of the seed 1

who is not of your seed 1

whose seed 1

will your seed 1

with its seed 1

with the seed 1

with two kinds of seed 1

you and your seed 2

you make your seed 1

you seed 3

your offspring 1

your seed 18

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2137) o r z (זראה ZRAh) AC: Sow CO: Seed AB: ?: The sowing of seeds by scattering them across the field. [from: rz- as a spreading of seeds]

V) o r z (זראה ZRAh) - Sow: To spread seeds on the ground. KJV (56): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) sow, yield, sower, bearing, conceive, seed, set - Strongs: H2232 (זָרַע)

N^m) o r z (זראה ZRAh) - Seed: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (230): seed, child, carnally, fruitful, seedtime, sowing - Strongs: H2233 (זֶרַע), H2234 (זְרַע)

d^m) o f r z (זרואה ZRWAh) - Sown: KJV (2): sowing, sown - Strongs: H2221 (זֵרוּעַ)

h^m) o r z m (מזראה MZRAh) - Crop: What is sown. KJV (1): sown - Strongs: H4218 (מִזְרָע)

j^m) n f o r z (זראהונ ZRAhWN) - Vegetable: As sown. KJV (2): pulse - Strongs: H2235 (זֵרֹעַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

זֶ֫רַע noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 28:38} sowing, seed, offspring (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic זְרַע,

; Phoenician זרע; Zinjirli id.; Arabic

seed-produce, seed; Ethiopic

Assyrian zêru, cultivated land, Belser^{BAS ii. 130,} compare Arabic

) — absolute ׳ז Genesis 47:23 =; זָ֑רַע Genesis 1:29 +; construct זֶרַע Isaiah 5:10 +; זְרַעֿ Numbers 11:7; suffix זַרְעִי 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 24:22; זַרְעֲךָ Deuteronomy 11:10 +; זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 11:6 +; etc.; plural suffix זַרְעֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:15; — 1 literal:

a. a sowing הַשָּׂדֶה׳לְז Genesis 47:24 (J; + אָכְלְכֶם; otherwise Leviticus 27:16b, see below 2 c); ׳לֹא מְקוֺם ז Numbers 20:5 no place for sowing (J E; + וּתְאֵנָה וְגֶפֶן וְרִמּוֺן); compare ׳שְׂדֵה ז Ezekiel 17:5 a field suitable for sowing; hence

b. sowing as regularly recurring at its season Genesis 8:22 (J; "" קָצִיר, + קֹרוָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֺם וָלַיְלָה), Leviticus 26:5 (H; "" דַּיִשׁ, בָּצִיר; — compare Amos 9:13 below 2 a).

2 seed:

a. literally, sown, to raise crops for food, usually corn (wheat, barely, etc.) Genesis 47:19,23 (J; compare Genesis 47:14f.), Numbers 24:7 (JE); נָתַןלַֹזּרֵעַ ׳ז Isaiah 55:10 ("" לֶחֶם), Deuteronomy 28:38 (רַב׳ז), Leviticus 26:16 (H; with זָרַע), Leviticus 27:16a, חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים׳ז Leviticus 27:16b (both P), compare Isaiah 5:10.

b. figurative, of idolatry of Judah Isaiah 17:11 ("" קציר); of fortunes of Zion ׳מֶשֶׁךְ הַזּ Psalm 126:6 the dropping of seed, i.e. the proper quantity for sowing (opposed to אֲלֻמֹּת); Jeremiah 35:7 (with זָרַע, "" כֶּרֶם לֹא תִטָּ֔עוּ), compare Jeremiah 35:9 ("" כרם, שׂדה); ׳מְטַר ז Isaiah 30:23 (with זָרַע, "" לֶחֶםתְּבוּאַתּ הָאֲדָמָה); also Deuteronomy 11:10 (with זָרַע), Ecclesiastes 11:6 (c. id.); זֵרוּעַ׳ז Leviticus 11:37, compare Leviticus 11:38 (both P); as yielding the crop תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 14:22 the product of thy seed, compare d. below; ׳וְנִגַּשׁ תוֺרֵשׁ בַּקּוֺצֵר וְדֹרֵךְ עֲנָבִים בְּמשֵׁךְ הַזּ Amos 9:13, in figure of rapid and plentiful growth in the coming time; הָאָרֶץ׳ז producing a vine Ezekiel 17:5, of growth and prosperity of Israel; ׳הַזּ Malachi 2:3, read perhaps הַזְּרֹעַ (compare VB).

c. seed as product; the manna is compare with גַּד׳ז, coriander seed Numbers 11:7 (JE), Exodus 16:31 (P); seed of herbs and trees Genesis 1:11 (twice in verse); Genesis 1:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 1:29 (twice in verse) (all P). Especially

d. seed as corn-product, corn-crop, so (although not quite clearly) Deuteronomy 22:9 (with זָרַע; "" תְּבוּאַת הַכָּ֑רֶם); plural 1 Samuel 8:15 (perhaps better arable lands, compare above As zêru; "" כרמים), הָאָרֶץ׳ז Leviticus 27:30 ("" מְּרִיעֵֿץ; otherwise Genesis 47:24, compare above 1 a); שִׁחֹר׳ז Isaiah 23:3 ("" קְצִיר יְאוֺר); בַּמְּגוּרָה׳הַעוֺד הַזּ Haggai 2:19 ("" גֶּפֶן, תְּאֵנָה, רִמּוֺן, עֵץ הַזַּיִת); יָשִׁו֯ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹף Job 39:12 (of harvest); so perhaps ׳כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם ז 1 Kings 18:32.

e.זֶרַע הַשָּׁלוֺם הַגֶּפֶן Zechariah 8:12, read perhaps שׁלוֺם׳הַזּ the crop is security (= secure), so ᵑ6 Or and others; > Ew Hi and others who translate ׳הַשּׁ׳ז the growth of peace, making הַגֶּמֶּן appositive — Verbs used with ׳ז in these senses are: — usually זַרַע Genesis 1:11; Leviticus 26:16; Jeremiah 35:7 +; הִפְרִיחַ Isaiah 17:11; נָתַן בְּ = plant, sow Ezekiel 17:5; נָתַן yield Isaiah 55:10; מָשַׁךְ Amos 9:13.

3 seed = semen virile, וְנִזְרְעָה זָ֑רַע Numbers 5:28, and she shall be made pregnant with seed; usually ׳שִׁכְּבַתזֿ, flow of semen Leviticus 22:4 (H), Leviticus 15:16,32 (P; all with תֵּצֵא), Leviticus 15:17 (P; with הָיָה); as accusative modi שׁכב׳ז ׳אתאִֿשָּׁה שׁ Leviticus 19:20 (H), Leviticus 15:18; Numbers 5:13 (both P); so also נתן שְׁכָבְתּוֺ לְזרע Leviticus 18:20 (לְ Genitives); compare בְּהֵמָה׳אָדָם וז ׳ז Jeremiah 31:27 (as 2nd accusative after זָרַע q. v. 3 b).

4 seed = off spring:

a. rarely of animals, collective Genesis 3:15; Genesis 7:3 (both J). Usu.

b. of mankind, coll. = descendants, posterity; seed of the woman Genesis 3:15 (J); seed of the patriarchs (especially Abraham) Genesis 12:17; Genesis 13:15,16 (twice in verse); Genesis 16:10; Genesis 22:17 (twice in verse); Genesis 22:18; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 26:3,4 (3t. in verse); Genesis 26:24; Genesis 28:13,14 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:13 (all J), Genesis 15:13,18; Exodus 32:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:1 (all J E), Genesis 21:12; Joshua 24:3 (both E; in both promised seed of Abraham restricted to line of Isaac), Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 34:4; Nehemiah 9:8; = a son as involving posterity Genesis 15:3,5 (JE) compare below; phrase זַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 1:8, compare Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15, so P, Genesis 17:7 (twice in verse); Genesis 17:8,9,10,19; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 48:4; זִרְעֲךָ אִתָּךְ Genesis 28:4 (P; compare Numbers 18:19); see also below

c. seed (= posterity) of other individuals Genesis 21:13 (E; of Ishmael) Genesis 24:60; Genesis 48:19 (both J), Numbers 14:24 (JE), Leviticus 21:21; Leviticus 22:3,4 (all H), Numbers 17:5 (P), 1 Samuel 20:42 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 4:8; 1 Kings 2:33 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 11:39; 2 Kings 5:27; Jeremiah 29:32; Ezekiel 43:19; Job 5:25 ("" צֶאֱצָאֶיךָ), Job 21:8 ("" id.); especially of seed of David as anointed to reign Psalm 18:51 = 2 Samuel 22:51 ("" לִמְשִׁיחוֺ), as sitting on throne Jeremiah 33:21, compare Jeremiah 33:22; Jeremiah 33:26, Psalm 89:5; Psalm 89:30; Psalm 89:37; of Jehoiachin Jeremiah 22:28,30, Jehoiakim Jeremiah 36:31 (compare Jeremiah 36:30); of child (son) as involving posterity Genesis 38:8,9 (twice in verse) (of Er's seed by Onam); Genesis 48:11 (all J), compare Genesis 19:32,31 (J), 2 Samuel 7:12; Ruth 4:12; Leviticus 21:15 (H); phrase זַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם of seed of Noah and his sons Genesis 9:9; of Aaron Exodus 28:43; of Phinehas Numbers 25:13 (all P); of David 1 Chronicles 17:11; לְזַרְעוֺ לְדֹרֹתָם Exodus 30:21 (P), compare Leviticus 21:17 (H; both of Aaron), see also b above ׳ז, of seed of righteous, especially Psalm: — Psalm 25:13; Psalm 37:25,26; Psalm 69:37; Psalm 102:29 ("" בָּנִים), Psalm 112:2 ("" דּוֺר ישׁרים), compare Psalm 22:31 (on text see Che); of wicked Psalm 21:11; Psalm 37:28.

d. specifically of a particular child (son) אַחֵר׳ז Genesis 4:25 (J); אֲנָשִׁים׳ז 1 Samuel 1:11; of children Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 20:34; Leviticus 22:13 (all H), 1 Samuel 2:20 (compare בָּנִים, בָּנוֺת 1 Samuel 2:21); children and grandchildren Genesis 46:6,7 (P).

e. family Genesis 17:12 (P; compare Assyrian zêr bit abišu Asrb^{Annals iii. 10}); note especially of royal family הַמֶּלֶךְ׳ז 1 Kings 11:14; הַמַּמְלָכָה׳ז 2 Kings 11:1 2 Chronicles 22:10; הַמְּלוּכָה׳ז 2 Kings 25:25 = Jeremiah 41:1; Ezekiel 17:13; Daniel 1:3; = pedigree בית אבותם וְזַרְעָם Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; = one's nation, as of same blood Esther 10:3 ("" עַם). — Some verbs used with ׳ז in these senses are: — נָתַן, God subject Genesis 15:3; Ruth 4:12 (followed by מִן of woman); שִׂים 1 Samuel 2:20; with man as subject נתן Genesis 38:9; הֵקִים Genesis 38:8; ׳חִיָּה ז, keep alive, or give life to, of animals Genesis 7:3; of woman Genesis 19:32,34 (followed by מִן of man).

f. especially as name for people of Israel, seed of Abraham Isaiah 41:8; 2 Chronicles 20:7 ("" עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jeremiah 33:26; Psalm 105:6 ("" בְּנֵי יעקִב); of Israel or Jacob 2 Kings 17:20; Nehemiah 9:2 ("" בני ישׂראל Nehemiah 9:1), Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 45:19,25; Jeremiah 31:36,37; Jeremiah 33:26; Psalm 22:24 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 16:13 ("" בני יעקב); so בֵּית ישׂראל׳ז Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 44:22 (ᵑ6ᵐ5 Manuscripts Co strike out בית); בית׳ז יעקב Ezekiel 20:5; in Esther. הַיְהוּדִים׳ז Esther 6:13; so of Edom (seed of Esau) Jeremiah 49:10, compare מִוֶּרע מָדַי Daniel 9:1.

g. seed of Israel (or Jacob, or the people), is used also, by (later) prophets, of future Generations, in addressing the people: — Deuteronomy 28:46,59; Deuteronomy 30:6,19; Deuteronomy 31:21, compare Numbers 18:19 (P; לְזַרְעֲךָ אִתָּ֑ךְ, "" וּלְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנוֺתֶיךָ), Jeremiah 30:10 = Jeremiah 46:27 (Jacob and Israel here = people), Psalm 106:27; "" צֶאֱצָא(יך ׅ Isaiah 44:3 (Jacob and Jeshurun), Isaiah 48:19, compare Isaiah 61:9; also Jeremiah 7:15; Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 66:22 ("" שִׁמְכֶם); מִמִּי זַרְעֲךָ וּמִמִּי זֶרַע זַרְעֲךָ Isaiah 59:21; of Jews (יהודים) Esther 9:27,28,31.

5 seed as marked by moral quality = persons (or community) of such a quality; transition to this through such cases as those of ׳בְּרוּכֵי י׳ז Isaiah 65:23 ("" צֶאֱצָאִים), compare Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 65:9; הַקֹּדֶשׁ׳ז Ezra 9:2 (of Israel), compare Isaiah 53:10; note, in good sense צַדִּיקִים׳ז Proverbs 11:21 (opposed to רַע); אֱמֶת׳ז Jeremiah 2:21 ("" שׂוֺרֵק); אלהים׳ז Malachi 2:15; — קֹדֶשׁ׳ז Isaiah 6:13 is a gloss; — in bad sense מְרֵעִים׳ז Isaiah 1:4 community of evil-doers ("" גּוֺיחֹֿטֵא, עַם כֶּבֶד עָוֺן, בָּנִיםמַשְׁחִיתִים), Isaiah 14:20; מְנָאֵף׳ז Isaiah 57:3 ("" בני עֹנֲנָה); שָֿׁ֑קֶר׳ז Isaiah 57:4 ("" יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

זֶרַע const. id.; once זְרַע Numbers 11:7, with suff. זַרְעִי, pl. with suff. זַרְעֵיכֶם (1 Samuel 8:15).

(1) prop. sowing; hence seedtime, the time of sowing, i.e. winter, Genesis 8:22; Leviticus 26:5 also, a planting, Isaiah 17:11 (compare the root No. 3).

(2) seed, that which is scattered, whether of plants, trees, or grain, Genesis 1:11, 12, 29 47:23 Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 22:9; Ecclesiastes 11:6 hence that which springs from seed sown, harvest, field of grain, 1 Samuel 8:15 the produce of fields, Job 39:12; Isaiah 23:3.

(3) semen virile, Leviticus 15:16, seq.; 18:21 19:20 (comp. the verb, Niphal, No. 3; Hiphil, No. 2); hence

(a) offspring, progeny, descendants, Genesis 3:15, 13:16 15:5, 13 Genesis 15:13, 17:7, 10 Genesis 17:10, 21:13, etc.; also of one son (when an only one, the passage therefore, Genesis 3:15, is not to be thus explained, as is done by polemical theologians), Genesis 4:25. 1 Samuel 1:11, זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים “male offspring.” [The remark upon Genesis 3:15 is intended apparently to contradict its application to the Lord Jesus Christ and his redemption, as if he could not be the seed of the woman; in reply it will here suffice to remark, that in the very passage cited, immediately after Genesis 4:25, it is clear that זֶרַע is used of one son, namely, Seth, when he was not an only one, because Cain was yet alive; and further, this seed of the woman was to bruise the head of the tempter, “thy head,” which can in no sense apply to any but Christ individually, who became incarnate, “that by means of death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil.”] זֶרַע זַרְעֶךָ the offspring of thy offspring, i.e. thy descendants, Isaiah 59:21.

(b) stock, race, family; זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Psalms 22:24. זֶרַע הַמֶּלֶךְ, ז׳ הַמַּמְלָכָה the royal race, 2 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 11:14.

(c) a race of men, as זֶרַע קֹדֶשׁ Isaiah 6:13 זֶרַע בְּרוּכֵי יְיָ Isaiah 65:23 and in an evil sense, זֶרַע מְרֵעִים Isaiah 1:4 זֶרַע שֶׁקֶר Isaiah 57:4 comp. Hebr. פִּרְחָח, Gr. γέννημα, Matthew 3:17 Germ. Brut, French race.

[“(4) a planting, what is planted, Isaiah 17:11. Also, a sprout, a shoot, Ezekiel 17:5. See the root in Kal No. 3.”]

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List of Word Forms

בְּזַרְע֖וֹ בְּזַרְעָ֣ם בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ בזרעו בזרעך בזרעם הַ֫זָּ֥רַע הַזֶּ֔רַע הַזֶּ֗רַע הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ הַזָּ֑רַע הזרע וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ וְזֶ֖רַע וְזֶ֣רַע וְזֶ֤רַע וְזֶ֥רַע וְזֶרַע֮ וְזַרְע֔וֹ וְזַרְע֖וֹ וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ וְזַרְעֵיכֶ֥ם וְזַרְעֵךְ֙ וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ וְזַרְעָ֔ם וָזֶ֖רַע וּ֠לְזַרְעוֹ וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖ וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗ וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֥ וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ וּלְזַרְע֗וֹ וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ וּלְזַרְע֥וֹ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֥ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ וּלְזַרְעָ֑ם וּלְזַרְעָ֖ם וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥ וּמִזֶּ֥רַע וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ׃ ובזרעך ובזרעך׃ והאלמנה וזרע וזרעו וזרעיכם וזרעך וזרעך׃ וזרעם ולזרעו ולזרעך ולזרעך׃ ולזרעם ומזרע ומזרעו׃ ומזרעך זֶ֔רַע זֶ֖רַע זֶ֗רַע זֶ֙רַע֙ זֶ֚רַע זֶ֜רַע זֶ֡רַע זֶ֣רַע זֶ֤רַע זֶ֥רַע זֶ֧רַע זֶ֨רַע זֶ֭רַע זֶרַע֒ זַ֭רְעָם זַ֭רְעוֹ זַרְע֑וֹ זַרְע֔וֹ זַרְע֖וֹ זַרְע֛וֹ זַרְע֥וֹ זַרְעֲךָ֔ זַרְעֲךָ֖ זַרְעֲךָ֗ זַרְעֲךָ֙ זַרְעֲךָ֜ זַרְעֲךָ֧ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם זַרְעֲכֶ֗ם זַרְעִ֖י זַרְעִ֛י זַרְעֵ֑ךְ זַרְעֵ֔ךְ זַרְעֵ֣ךְ זַרְעֶ֑ךָ זַרְעֶ֔ךָ זַרְעֶֽךָ׃ זַרְעָ֑הּ זַרְעָ֑ם זַרְעָ֔ם זַרְעָ֜ם זַרְעָ֤ם זַרְעֽוֹ׃ זַרְעוֹ֒ זַרְעוֹ־ זָ֑רַע זָֽרַע׃ זרע זרע׃ זרעה זרעו זרעו־ זרעו׃ זרעי זרעך זרעך׃ זרעכם זרעם כְּזֶ֤רַע כִּזְרַע־ כזרע כזרע־ לְזֶ֙רַע֙ לְזֶ֛רַע לְזֶ֥רַע לְזֶ֨רַע לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ לְזַרְע֑וֹ לְזַרְע֥וֹ לְזַרְעֲךָ֔ לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ לְזַרְעֲךָ֥ לְזַרְעֲכֶ֔ם לְזָ֑רַע לזרע לזרעו לזרעך לזרעכם מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖ מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֞ מִזֶּ֙רַע֙ מִזֶּ֣רַע מִזֶּ֤רַע מִזֶּ֧רַע מִזֶּ֨רַע מִזַּרְע֖וֹ מִזַּרְע֗וֹ מִזַּרְע֛וֹ מִזַּרְעָֽם׃ מִזַּרְעוֹ֙ מזרע מזרעו מזרעך מזרעם׃ ḇə·zar·‘ă·ḵā bə·zar·‘ām bə·zar·‘ōw ḇəzar‘ăḵā bəzar‘ām bəzar‘ōw bezarAm bezarO haz·zā·ra‘ haz·ze·ra‘ hazZara hazzāra‘ hazZera hazzera‘ kə·ze·ra‘ keZera kəzera‘ kiz·ra‘- kizra kizra‘- lə·zā·ra‘ lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā lə·zar·‘ă·ḵem lə·zar·‘ōw lə·ze·ra‘ ləzar‘ăḵā ləzar‘ăḵem ləzar‘ōw leZara ləzāra‘ leZaracha lezaraChem lezarO leZera ləzera‘ miz·zar·‘ă·ḵā miz·zar·‘ām miz·zar·‘ōw miz·ze·ra‘ mizzar‘ăḵā mizzar‘ām mizzar‘ōw mizzaraCha mizzarAm mizzarO mizZera mizzera‘ ū·ḇə·zar·‘ă·ḵā ū·ḇə·zar·‘e·ḵā ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā ū·lə·zar·‘ām ū·lə·zar·‘e·ḵā ū·lə·zar·‘ōw ū·miz·zar·‘ă·ḵā ū·miz·zar·‘ōw ū·miz·ze·ra‘ ūḇəzar‘ăḵā ūḇəzar‘eḵā ūləzar‘ăḵā ūləzar‘ām ūləzar‘eḵā ūləzar‘ōw ulezaraCha ulezarAm ulezarEcha ulezarO ulzaraCha ūmizzar‘ăḵā ūmizzar‘ōw umizzaraCha umizzarO umizZera ūmizzera‘ uvezaraCha uvezarEcha vaZera vehaalmaNah vezaraCha vezarAm vezareCh vezarEcha vezareiChem vezarO vezeRa wā·ze·ra‘ wāzera‘ wə·hā·’al·mā·nāh wə·zar·‘ă·ḵā wə·zar·‘ām wə·zar·‘e·ḵā wə·zar·‘ê·ḵem wə·zar·‘êḵ wə·zar·‘ōw wə·ze·ra‘ wəhā’almānāh wəzar‘ăḵā wəzar‘ām wəzar‘êḵ wəzar‘eḵā wəzar‘êḵem wəzar‘ōw wəzera‘ zā·ra‘ zar‘āh zar‘ăḵā zar‘ăḵem zar‘ām zar‘êḵ zar‘eḵā zar‘î zar‘ōw zar‘ōw- zar·‘ă·ḵā zar·‘ă·ḵem zar·‘āh zar·‘ām zar·‘e·ḵā zar·‘êḵ zar·‘î zar·‘ōw zar·‘ōw- Zara zāra‘ zaraCha zaraChem zarAh zarAm zarEch zarEcha zarI zarO Zarom zarov ze·ra‘ Zera zera‘