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Lexicon :: Strong's G4687 - speirō

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σπείρω
Transliteration
speirō (Key)
Pronunciation
spi'-ro
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened from σπάω (G4685) (through the idea of extending)
mGNT
53x in 22 unique form(s) TR
53x in 20 unique form(s) LXX
55x in 25 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:536,1065

Strong’s Definitions

†σπείρω speírō, spi'-ro; probably strengthened from G4685 (through the idea of extending); to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively):—sow(- er), receive seed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's G4687 in the following manner: sow (43x), sower (6x), receive seed (4x), variations of 'sow' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's G4687 in the following manner: sow (43x), sower (6x), receive seed (4x), variations of 'sow' (1x).

  1. to sow, scatter, seed

  2. metaph. of proverbial sayings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†σπείρω speírō, spi'-ro; probably strengthened from G4685 (through the idea of extending); to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively):—sow(- er), receive seed.
STRONGS G4687:
σπείρω; (imperfect 2 person singular ἐσπειρες, Matthew 13:27 Tr); 1 aorist ἔσπειρα; passive, present σπείρομαι; perfect passive participle ἐσπαρμενος; 2 aorist ἐσπάρην; (derived from the quick, jerky, motion of the hand; cf. our spurn (of the foot); Curtius, § 389); from Hesiod down; the Sept. for זָרַע; to sow, scatter seed;
a. properly: absolutely, Matthew 6:26; Matthew 13:3f, 18; Mark 4:3f, 14; Luke 8:5; Luke 12:24; (John 5:36f (see in b.)); 2 Corinthians 9:10; with an accusative of the thing, as σπέρμα ζιζάνια, κόκκον (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 5): Matthew 13:24f (but in 25 L T Tr WH have ἐπέσπειρεν), 27,37,39; Mark 4:32: Luke 8:5; 1 Corinthians 15:36f; with specifications of place: εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:18; ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, Matthew 13:24 (31); ἐπί τῆς γῆς. Mark 4:31; ἐπί with an accusative of place, Matthew 13:20, 23; Mark 4:16, 20; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Matthew 13:19.
b. in proverbial sayings: absolutely, Matthew 25:24, 26; Luke 19:21; John 4:37; 2 Corinthians 9:6; τί, Galatians 6:7 (on these sayings see θερίζω, b.). in comparisons: σπρίειν εἰς τήν σάρκα, εἰς τό πνεῦμα (σάρξ and πνεῦμα are likened to fields to be sown), to do those things which satisfy the nature and promptings of the σάρξ or of the πνεῦμα, Galatians 6:8; τόν λόγον, to scatter the seeds of instruction, i. e. to impart instruction, Mark 4:14f; ὁ λόγος, ὁ ἐσπαρμενος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, the ideas and precepts that have been implanted like seed in their hearts, i. e. received in their hearts, Mark 14:15 (here Tr text WH εἰς αὐτούς into their hearts T L marginal reading ἐν αὐτοῖς); οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ παρά τήν ὁδόν σπαρείς, this one experiences the fate of the seed sown by the wayside, Matthew 13:19; add, 20-23; Mark 4:16, 18, 20. τό σῶμα, the body, which after death is committed like seed to the earth, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44; καρπόν δικαιοσύνης, i. e. that seed which produces καρπόν δικαιοσύνης (see καρπός, 2 b.), James 3:18; σπείρειν τίνι τί, to give, manifest, something to one, from whom we may subsequently receive something else akin to a harvest (θερίζομεν), 1 Corinthians 9:11. (Compare: διασπείρω, ἐπισπείρω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:26; 13:3; 13:18; 13:19; 13:19; 13:20; 13:20-23; 13:22; 13:23; 13:24; 13:24; 13:27; 25:24; 25:26
Mark
4:3; 4:14; 4:14; 4:16; 4:16; 4:18; 4:18; 4:20; 4:20; 4:31; 4:32; 14:15
Luke
8:5; 8:5; 12:24; 19:21
John
4:37; 5:36
1 Corinthians
9:11; 15:36; 15:42; 15:43; 15:44
2 Corinthians
9:6; 9:10
Galatians
6:7; 6:8
James
3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4687 matches the Greek σπείρω (speirō),
which occurs 53 times in 42 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:4 - As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:22 - What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel also among the wheat, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:37 - He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 - The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 - "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:26 - "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:3 - "Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:4 - and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:14 - The farmer sows the word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:15 - These are the ones by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Hasatan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:16 - These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:18 - Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the eretz, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the eretz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:32 - yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:5 - "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:21 - for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 - "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:36 - He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:37 - For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:11 - If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:37 - That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43 - It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:44 - It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 - Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 - Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:7 - Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:8 - For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:18 - Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in shalom by those who make shalom.
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