Derived from speiro ('to sow'), sporos denotes seed in its agricultural sense -- the grain cast upon the ground by a farmer. In the Synoptic parables it carries both literal and figurative weight: the sower goes out to sow his seed (Luke 8:5), and Jesus explains that 'the seed is the word of God' (Luke 8:11). Paul extends the metaphor in 2 Corinthians 9:10, where God supplies 'seed for the sower' as a figure of generous provision. Spanish semilla, French semence, and German Saat all point consistently to the agricultural sense of 'that which is planted,' with the figurative extension to divine word and provision arising naturally from the parabolic context.