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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.)
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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 55 times in 53 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass [fn]bearing seed according to its kind [fn]and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 - And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley an hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:19 - In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:23 - And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10 - Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:16 - And thou shalt keep the feast of the harvest of first-fruits of thy labours, whatsoever thou shalt have sown in thy field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year in the gathering in of thy [fn]fruits out of thy field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and [fn]scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - And if one of their carcases should fall upon any sowing seed which shall be sown, it shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a sabbath to the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, and thou shalt not prune thy vine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - This is a jubilee of release, the year shall be to you the fiftieth year: ye shall not sow, nor reap the produce that comes of itself from the land, neither shall ye gather its dedicated fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:20 - And if ye should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:22 - And ye shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old fruits till the ninth year: until its fruit come, ye shall eat old fruits of the old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - (LXX 17:2) and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - And wherefore is this? Ye have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - For the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, whence ye came out, whensoever they sow the seed, and water it with their feet, as a garden of herbs:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall [fn]slay the heifer in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:9 - Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed, lest the fruit be devoted, and whatsoever seed thou mayest sow, with the fruit of thy vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (LXX 29:22) brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger:)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:8 - then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 - (LXX 125:5) They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 - There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. (LXX 22:8a) [fn]God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand be slack: for thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:11 - In the day wherein thou shalt plant thou shalt be deceived; but if thou sow in the morning, the seed shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein thou shalt obtain an inheritance, and as a man's father, thou shalt obtain an inheritance for thy sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 - And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25 - Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in thy borders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:20 - Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and ass tread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:30 - And this shall be a sign to thee, Eat this year what thou hast sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 - For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and [fn] give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 - (LXX 37:17) For I will bring about thy healing, I will heal thee of thy grievous wound, saith the Lord; for thou art called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27 - (LXX 38:27) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of man, and the seed of beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:7 - (LXX 42:7) nor shall ye at all build houses, nor sow any seed, nor shall ye have a vineyard: for ye shall dwell in tents all your days; that ye may live many days upon the land, in which ye sojourn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9 - For, behold, I am toward you, and I will have respect to you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:23 - (LXX 2:25) And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art the Lord my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light ye for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15 - Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt press the olive, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and shalt make wine, but ye shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.

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