H2233 H2233
offspring, descendants; agricultural seed, grain; sowing-time, seedtime
3. sowing-time, seedtime — The time or act of sowing: seedtime as a period in the agricultural calendar, contrasted with harvest (Arabic zar', Korean p'ajong, Swahili kupanda/upandaji, Hindi bij-bona, Spanish siembra). 2×
AR["الزَّرْعَ","زَرْعٌ"]·ben["বীজ","বীজ;"]·DE["Saat","sowing"]·EN["seedtime","sowing"]·FR["seedtime","semant"]·heb["זרע"]·HI["बीज","बीज-बोना"]·ID["dan-kamu-akan-makan","musim-menabur"]·IT["seedtime","sowing"]·jav["tandur;","wiji-panenan"]·KO["씨-뿌림","파종에"]·PT["semeadura","sementeira"]·RU["посева","сеяние"]·ES["la-siembra","siembra"]·SW["kupanda","upandaji"]·TR["ekime","tohum"]·urd["بوائی","بیج"]
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Senses
1. offspring, descendants — Human progeny or lineage, especially in covenantal and theological contexts: the 'seed' of Abraham, David, Israel, etc., referring to descendants, posterity, or a specific promised heir (Arabic nasl/dhurriyya, Swahili uzao, Hindi vansh/santan, Korean huson/jason, Spanish descendencia). 172×
AR["زَرْع","زَرْعًا","زَرْعَ","نَسْلًا","نَسْلٌ","نَسْلٍ","نَسْلَ","نَسْلُ","نَسْلِ"]·ben["বংশ","বংশ-"]·DE["Same","Same-","Samen","seed","seed-von"]·EN["offspring","offspring-of","seed","seed-of","the-seed","the-seed-of"]·FR["semence","semence-de"]·heb["זרע"]·HI["बीज","वंश","वंशको-","वनश"]·ID["-keturunan","benih","keturunan"]·IT["seme","seme-di"]·jav["Turunan","turun","turunan","turunan-","wiji"]·KO["씨","씨-가","씨-를","씨-여","씨-의","씨가","씨를","씨앗-","씨앗을"]·PT["A-descendência","Semente-de","a-descendência-de","a-semente","descendência","descendência-de","semente","semente-de"]·RU["потомства","семя"]·ES["Descendencia-de","descendencia","descendencia-de","la-descendencia","simiente","simiente-de"]·SW["Uzao","mbegu-ya","uzao","uzao-wa","uzima"]·TR["Tohumu","soy","soyu","soyunu","tohum","tohumu"]·urd["نسل"]
2. agricultural seed, grain — Literal plant seed or grain used for sowing or as produce: the physical seed of crops, trees, herbs, or fruit, including semen in procreative contexts (Arabic zar'/badhr, Swahili mbegu, Hindi bij, Korean ssiat, Spanish semilla). 55×
AR["بِذْرٍ","بِذْرِ","زَرْعًا","زَرْعٌ","زَرْعٍ"]·ben["বীজ","বীজে।","বীজের","বীর্য","বীর্যের"]·DE["Saatgut","Same","Samen","seed"]·EN["seed"]·FR["semence"]·heb["זרע"]·HI["कोई","बीज","बीज-की","बीज-से","वीर्य","वीर्य-का","स्खलन"]·ID["Benih","benih"]·IT["seme"]·jav["Wiji","wiji","wiji."]·KO["씨","씨를","씨앗","씨앗을","씨앗의"]·PT["semente","semente-de","sêmen"]·RU["Семян","посева","семени","семя","семян"]·ES["Semilla","semen","semilla","semilla-de","simiente"]·SW["Zra","akamruka-toa","mbegu","uzazi"]·TR["tohum","tohuma"]·urd["بیج","بیج-سے","منی-کا","کا-بیج"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זֶ֫רַע n.m. Dt. 28:38 sowing, seed, offspring (NH id., Aramaic זְרַע, ܙܪܰܥ; Ph. זרע; Zinj. id.; Arabic زَرْعٌ 2 Ethiopic ዘርእ; Assyrian zêru, cultivated land, BelserBAS ii. 130, cf. Arabic زَرْعَةٌ )—abs. ז׳ Gn 47:23 +; זָ֑רַע Gn 1:29 +; cstr. זֶרַע Is 5:10 +; זְרַע־ Nu 11:7; sf. זַרְעִי 1 S 20:42; 24:22; זַרְעֲךָ Dt 11:10 +; זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Ec 11:6 +, etc.; pl. sf. זַרְעֵיכֶם 1 S 8:15;— 1. lit.: a a…