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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)
Dictionary Aids

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; λόγος, 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 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 -

“Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 -

Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:4 -

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 -

“So listen to the parable of the sower:

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 -

“When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 -

“And the one sown on rocky ground ​— ​this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:22 -

“Now the one sown among the thorns ​— ​this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness[fn] of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 -

“But the one sown on the good ground ​— ​this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 -

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 -

“But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 -

“The landowner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 -

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:37 -

He replied, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 -

“and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 -

“The man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a harsh man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:26 -

“His master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:3 -

“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:4 -

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:14 -

“The sower sows the word.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:15 -

“Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.[fn]

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“And others are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:18 -

“Others are like seed sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 -

“And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.”

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“It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.

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“And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:5 -

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 -

“Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:21 -

“because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 -

“He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:36 -

“The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:37 -

“For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:11 -

If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 -

You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:37 -

And as for what you sow ​— ​you are not sowing the body that will be, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:42 -

So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43 -

sown in dishonor, raised in glory; sown in weakness, raised in power;

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:44 -

sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 -

The point is this:[fn] The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 -

Now the one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will also provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:7 -

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap,

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:8 -

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:18 -

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.

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