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σπέρμα sperma

“seed” · 43 times in the New Testament

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  • “seed” 13
  • “descendants” 12
  • “offspring” 10
  • “children” 4
  • “any children” 1
  • other ways 3
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew7
Mark5
Luke2
John3
Acts4
Romans9
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians1
Galatians5
2 Timothy1
Hebrews3
1 John1
Revelation1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. seed13
  2. descendants12
  3. offspring10
  4. children4
  5. any children1
  6. child1
  7. descended1
  8. line1
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • offspring 36
  • seed(s) 7

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“seed” 13
  • Matthew 5

    • 13:24 …man who sowed good seed in his field…
    • 13:27 …didn’t you sow good seed in your field Where…
    • 13:32 …the smallest of all seeds yet it grows into…
    • 13:37 …who sows the good seed is the Son of…
    • 13:38 …world and the good seed represents the sons of…
  • Mark 1

    • 4:31 …the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 15:38 …to each kind of seed He gives its own…
  • Galatians 5

    • 3:16 …Abraham and to his seed The Scripture does not…
    • 3:16 …does not say and to seeds meaning many but and…
    • 3:16 …but and to your seed meaning One who is…
    • 3:19 …the arrival of the seed to whom the promise…
    • 3:29 …then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to…
  • 1 John 1

    • 3:9 …practice sin because God’s seed abides in him he…
“descendants” 12
  • Luke 1

    • 1:55 …to Abraham and his descendants forever…
  • John 2

    • 8:33 …We are Abraham’s descendants they answered We have…
    • 8:37 …know you are Abraham’s descendants but you are trying…
  • Acts 3

    • 7:5 …to Abraham and his descendants even though he did…
    • 7:6 …told him that his descendants would be foreigners in…
    • 13:23 …From the descendants of this man God…
  • Romans 4

    • 1:3 …regarding His Son who was a descendant of David according to…
    • 9:7 …because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his…
    • 9:29 …Hosts had left us descendants we would have become…
    • 11:1 …am an Israelite myself a descendant of Abraham from the…
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 11:22 …am I Are they descendants of Abraham So am…
  • Hebrews 1

    • 2:16 …angels He helps but the descendants of Abraham…
“offspring” 10
  • Matthew 1

    • 22:24 …widow and raise up offspring for him…
  • Mark 1

    • 12:19 …widow and raise up offspring for him…
  • Luke 1

    • 20:28 …widow and raise up offspring for him…
  • Acts 1

    • 3:25 …to Abraham Through your offspring all the families of…
  • Romans 5

    • 4:13 …to Abraham and his offspring that he would be…
    • 4:16 …guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring not only to those…
    • 4:18 …told So shall your offspring be…
    • 9:7 …contrary Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned…
    • 9:8 …who are regarded as offspring
  • Hebrews 1

    • 11:18 …him Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned…
“children” 4
  • Matthew 1

    • 22:25 …and died without having children So he left his…
  • Mark 2

    • 12:20 …and died leaving no children
    • 12:21 …died and left no children And the third did…
  • Revelation 1

    • 12:17 …the rest of her children who keep the commandments…
“any children” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 12:22 …of the seven left any children And last of all…
“line” 1
  • John 1

    • 7:42 …will come from the line of David and from…
“descended” 1
  • 2 Timothy 1

    • 2:8 …raised from the dead descended from David as proclaimed…
“child” 1
  • Hebrews 1

    • 11:11 …was enabled to conceive a child because she considered Him…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.