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Lexicon :: Strong's H2233 - zeraʿ

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זֶרַע
Transliteration
zeraʿ
Pronunciation
zeh'-rah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 582a

Strong’s Definitions

זֶרַע zeraʻ, zeh'-rah; from H2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:—× carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 229x

The KJV translates Strong's H2233 in the following manner: seed (221x), child (2x), carnally (with H7902) (2x), carnally (1x), fruitful (1x), seedtime (1x), sowing time (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 229x
The KJV translates Strong's H2233 in the following manner: seed (221x), child (2x), carnally (with H7902) (2x), carnally (1x), fruitful (1x), seedtime (1x), sowing time (1x).
  1. seed, sowing, offspring

    1. a sowing

    2. seed

    3. semen virile

    4. offspring, descendants, posterity, children

    5. of moral quality

      1. a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)

    6. sowing time (by meton)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זֶרַע zeraʻ, zeh'-rah; from H2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:—× carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
STRONGS H2233: Abbreviations
זֶ֫רַע noun masculineDeuteronomy 28:38 sowing, seed, offspring (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic H2234 זְרַע, IfRz; Phoenician זרע; Zinjirli id.; Arabic زَرْعً seed-produce, seed; Ethiopic ዘርእ፡ Assyrian zêru, cultivated land, BelserBAS ii. 130, compare Arabic زَرْعَةً) — absolute ז׳ Genesis 47:23 =; זָ֑רַע Genesis 1:29 +; construct זֶרַע Isaiah 5:10 +; זְרַעֿ Numbers 11:7; suffix זַרְעִי 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 24:22; זַרְעֲךָ Deuteronomy 11:10 +; זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 11:6 +; etc.; plural suffix זַרְעֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:15; —
1. literal:
a. a sowing הַשָּׂדֶה לְז׳ Genesis 47:24 (J; + אָכְלְכֶם; otherwise Leviticus 27:16b, see below 2c); לֹא מְקוֺם ז׳ Numbers 20:5 no place for sowing (J E; + וּתְאֵנָה וְגֶפֶן וְרִמּוֺן); compare שְׂדֵה ז׳ Ezekiel 17:5 a field suitable for sowing; hence
b. sowing as regularly recurring at its season Genesis 8:22 (J; || קָצִיר, + קֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֺם וָלַיְלָה), Leviticus 26:5 (H; || דַּיִשׁ, בָּצִיר; — compare Amos 9:13 below 2a).
2. seed:
a. literally, sown, to raise crops for food, usually corn (wheat, barely, etc.) Genesis 47:19, 23 (J; compare Genesis 47:14f.), Numbers 24:7 (JE); נָתַן לַֹזּרֵעַ ז׳ Isaiah 55:10 (|| לֶחֶם), Deuteronomy 28:38 (רַב ז׳), Leviticus 26:16 (H; with זָרַע), Leviticus 27:16a, חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים ז׳ Leviticus 27:16b (both P), compare Isaiah 5:10.
b. figurative, of idolatry of Judah Isaiah 17:11 (|| קציר); of fortunes of Zion מֶשֶׁךְ הַזּ׳ Psalm 126:6 the dropping of seed, i.e. the proper quantity for sowing (opposed to אֲלֻמֹּת); Jeremiah 35:7 (with זָרַע, || כֶּרֶם לֹא תִטָּ֔עוּ), compare Jeremiah 35:9 (|| כרם, שׂדה); מְטַר ז׳ Isaiah 30:23 (with זָרַע, || לֶחֶם תְּבוּאַתּ הָאֲדָמָה); also Deuteronomy 11:10 (with זָרַע), Ecclesiastes 11:6 (with id.); זֵרוּעַ ז׳ Leviticus 11:37, compare Leviticus 11:38 (both P); as yielding the crop תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 14:22 the product of thy seed, compare d. below; וְנִגַּשׁ תוֺרֵשׁ בַּקּוֺצֵר וְדֹרֵךְ עֲנָבִים בְּמשֵׁךְ הַזּ׳ Amos 9:13, in figure of rapid and plentiful growth in the coming time; הָאָרֶץ ז׳ producing a vine Ezekiel 17:5, of growth and prosperity of Israel; הַזּ׳ Malachi 2:3, read perhaps הַזְּרֹעַ (compare VB).
c. seed as product; the manna is compare with גַּד ז׳, coriander seed Numbers 11:7 (JE), Exodus 16:31 (P); seed of herbs and trees Genesis 1:11 (twice in verse); Genesis 1:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 1:29 (twice in verse) (all P). Especially
d. seed as corn-product, corn-crop, so (although not quite clearly) Deuteronomy 22:9 (with זָרַע; || תְּבוּאַת הַכָּ֑רֶם); plural 1 Samuel 8:15 (perhaps better arable lands, compare above Assyrian zêru; || כרמים), הָאָרֶץ ז׳ Leviticus 27:30 (|| פְּרִי־עֵץ; otherwise Genesis 47:24, compare above 1a); שִׁחֹר ז׳ Isaiah 23:3 (|| קְצִיר יְאוֺר); בַּמְּגוּרָה הַעוֺד הַזּ׳ Haggai 2:19 (|| גֶּפֶן, תְּאֵנָה, רִמּוֺן, עֵץ הַזַּיִת); יָשִׁו֯ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹף Job 39:12 (of harvest); so perhaps כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם ז׳ 1 Kings 18:32.
e. זֶרַע הַשָּׁלוֺם הַגֶּפֶן Zechariah 8:12, read perhaps שׁלוֺם הַזּ׳ the crop is security (= secure), so Syriac Version Or and others; > Ew Hi and others who translate הַשּׁ׳ ז׳ the growth of peace, making הַגֶּמֶּן appositive — Verbs used with ז׳ in these senses are: — usually זַרַע Genesis 1:11; Leviticus 26:16; Jeremiah 35:7 +; הִפְרִיחַ Isaiah 17:11; נָתַן בְּ = plant, sow Ezekiel 17:5; נָתַן yield Isaiah 55:10; מָשַׁךְ Amos 9:13.
3. seed = semen virile, וְנִזְרְעָה זָ֑רַע Numbers 5:28, and she shall be made pregnant with seed; usually שִׁכְּבַתזֿ׳, flow of semen Leviticus 22:4 (H), Leviticus 15:16, 32 (P; all with תֵּצֵא), Leviticus 15:17 (P; with הָיָה); as accusative modi שׁכב ז׳ אתאִֿשָּׁה שׁ׳ Leviticus 19:20 (H), Leviticus 15:18; Numbers 5:13 (both P); so also נתן שְׁכָבְתּוֺ לְזרע Leviticus 18:20 (לְ genitives); compare בְּהֵמָה אָדָם וז׳ ז׳ Jeremiah 31:27 (as 2nd accusative after זָרַע which see 3b).
4. seedoff spring:
a. rarely of animals, collective Genesis 3:15; Genesis 7:3 (both J). Usually
b. of mankind, coll.=descendants, posterity; seed of the woman Genesis 3:15 (J); seed of the patriarchs (especially Abraham) Genesis 12:17; Genesis 13:15, 16 (twice in verse); Genesis 16:10; Genesis 22:17 (twice in verse); Genesis 22:18; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 26:3, 4 (3 times in verse); Genesis 26:24; Genesis 28:13, 14 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:13 (all J), Genesis 15:13, 18; Exodus 32:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 33:1 (all J E), Genesis 21:12; Joshua 24:3 (both E; in both promised seed of Abraham restricted to line of Isaac), Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 34:4; Nehemiah 9:8; = a son as involving posterity Genesis 15:3, 5 (JE) compare below; phrase זַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 1:8, compare Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15, so P, Genesis 17:7 (twice in verse); Genesis 17:8, 9, 10, 19; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 48:4; זִרְעֲךָ אִתָּךְ Genesis 28:4 (P; compare Numbers 18:19); see also below c.
c. seed (=posterity) of other individuals Genesis 21:13 (E; of Ishmael) Genesis 24:60; Genesis 48:19 (both J), Numbers 14:24 (JE), Leviticus 21:21; Leviticus 22:3, 4 (all H), Numbers 17:5 (P), 1 Samuel 20:42 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 4:8; 1 Kings 2:33 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 11:39; 2 Kings 5:27; Jeremiah 29:32; Ezekiel 43:19; Job 5:25 (|| צֶאֱצָאֶיךָ), Job 21:8 (|| id.); especially of seed of David as anointed to reign Psalm 18:51 [Psalm 18:50] = 2 Samuel 22:51 (|| לִמְשִׁיחוֺ), as sitting on throne Jeremiah 33:21, compare Jeremiah 33:22; Jeremiah 33:26, Psalm 89:5; Psalm 89:30; Psalm 89:37; of Jehoiachin Jeremiah 22:28, 30, Jehoiakim Jeremiah 36:31 (compare Jeremiah 36:30); of child (son) as involving posterity Genesis 38:8, 9 (twice in verse) (of Er's seed by Onam); Genesis 48:11 (all J), compare Genesis 19:32, 31 (J), 2 Samuel 7:12; Ruth 4:12; Leviticus 21:15 (H); phrase זַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם of seed of Noah and his sons Genesis 9:9; of Aaron Exodus 28:43; of Phinehas Numbers 25:13 (all P); of David 1 Chronicles 17:11; לְזַרְעוֺ לְדֹרֹתָם Exodus 30:21 (P), compare Leviticus 21:17 (H; both of Aaron), see also b above ז׳, of seed of righteous, especially Psalms: — Psalm 25:13; Psalm 37:25, 26; Psalm 69:37; Psalm 102:29 (|| בָּנִים), Psalm 112:2 (|| דּוֺר ישׁרים), compare Psalm 22:31 (on text see Che); of wicked Psalm 21:11; Psalm 37:28.
d. specifically of a particular child (son) אַחֵר ז׳ Genesis 4:25 (J); אֲנָשִׁים ז׳ 1 Samuel 1:11; of children Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 20:34; Leviticus 22:13 (all H), 1 Samuel 2:20 (compare בָּנִים, בָּנוֺת 1 Samuel 2:21); children and grandchildren Genesis 46:6, 7 (P).
e.family Genesis 17:12 (P; compare Assyrian zêr bit abišu AsrbAnnals iii. 10); note especially of royal family הַמֶּלֶךְ ז׳ 1 Kings 11:14; הַמַּמְלָכָה ז׳ 2 Kings 11:1 2 Chronicles 22:10; הַמְּלוּכָה ז׳ 2 Kings 25:25 = Jeremiah 41:1; Ezekiel 17:13; Daniel 1:3; =pedigree בית אבותם וְזַרְעָם Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; =one's nation, as of same blood Esther 10:3 (|| עַם). — Some verbs used with ז׳ in these senses are: — נָתַן, God subject Genesis 15:3; Ruth 4:12 (followed by מִן of woman); שִׂים 1 Samuel 2:20; with man as subject נתן Genesis 38:9; הֵקִים Genesis 38:8; חִיָּה ז׳, keep alive, or give life to, of animals Genesis 7:3; of woman Genesis 19:32, 34 (followed by מִן of man).
f. especially as name for people of Israel, seed of Abraham Isaiah 41:8; 2 Chronicles 20:7 (|| עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל), Jeremiah 33:26; Psalm 105:6 (|| בְּנֵי יעקִב); of Israel or Jacob 2 Kings 17:20; Nehemiah 9:2 (|| בני ישׂראל Nehemiah 9:1), Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 45:19, 25; Jeremiah 31:36, 37; Jeremiah 33:26; Psalm 22:24 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 16:13 (|| בני יעקב); so בֵּית ישׂראל ז׳ Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 44:22 (Syriac Version Greek Version of the LXX Manuscripts Co strike out בית); בית ז׳ יעקב Ezekiel 20:5; in Esther. הַיְהוּדִים ז׳ Esther 6:13; so of Edom (seed of Esau) Jeremiah 49:10, compare מִוֶּרע מָדַי Daniel 9:1.
g. seed of Israel (or Jacob, or the people), is used also, by (later) prophets, of future generations, in addressing the people: — Deuteronomy 28:46, 59; Deuteronomy 30:6, 19; Deuteronomy 31:21, compare Numbers 18:19 (P; לְזַרְעֲךָ אִתָּ֑ךְ, || וּלְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנוֺתֶיךָ), Jeremiah 30:10 = Jeremiah 46:27 (Jacob and Israel here = people), Psalm 106:27; || צֶאֱצָא(יך) Isaiah 44:3 (Jacob and Jeshurun), Isaiah 48:19, compare Isaiah 61:9; also Jeremiah 7:15; Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 66:22 (|| שִׁמְכֶם); זַרְעֲךָ זֶרַע וּמִפִּי זַרְעֲךָ מִפִּי Isaiah 59:21; of Jews (יהודים) Esther 9:27, 28, 31.
5. seed as marked by moral quality=persons (or community) of such a quality; transition to this through such cases as those of בְּרוּכֵי י׳ ז׳ Isaiah 65:23 (|| צֶאֱצָאִים), compare Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 65:9; הַקֹּדֶשׁ ז׳ Ezra 9:2 (of Israel), compare Isaiah 53:10; note, in good sense צַדִּיקִים ז׳ Proverbs 11:21 (opposed to רַע); אֱמֶת ז׳ Jeremiah 2:21 (|| שׂוֺרֵק); אלהים ז׳ Malachi 2:15; — קֹדֶשׁ ז׳ Isaiah 6:13 is a gloss; — in bad sense מְרֵעִים ז׳ Isaiah 1:4 community of evil-doers (|| גּוֺיחֹֿטֵא, עַם כֶּבֶד עָוֺן, בָּנִים מַשְׁחִיתִים), Isaiah 14:20; מְנָאֵף ז׳ Isaiah 57:3 (|| בני עֹנֲנָה); שָֿׁ֑קֶר ז׳ Isaiah 57:4 (|| יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע).
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Genesis

1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:29; 1:29; 3:15; 3:15; 4:25; 7:3; 7:3; 8:22; 9:9; 12:17; 13:15; 13:16; 15:3; 15:3; 15:5; 15:13; 15:18; 16:10; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 17:10; 17:12; 17:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:32; 19:34; 21:12; 21:13; 22:17; 22:18; 24:7; 24:60; 26:3; 26:4; 26:24; 28:4; 28:13; 28:14; 32:13; 35:12; 38:8; 38:8; 38:9; 38:9; 46:6; 46:7; 47:14; 47:19; 47:23; 47:23; 47:24; 47:24; 48:4; 48:11; 48:19

Exodus

16:31; 28:43; 30:21; 32:13; 33:1

Leviticus

11:37; 11:38; 15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 15:32; 18:20; 18:21; 19:20; 20:2; 21:15; 21:17; 21:21; 22:3; 22:4; 22:4; 22:13; 26:5; 26:16; 26:16; 27:16; 27:16; 27:16; 27:30

Numbers

5:13; 5:28; 11:7; 11:7; 14:24; 17:5; 18:19; 18:19; 20:5; 24:7; 25:13

Deuteronomy

1:8; 4:37; 10:15; 11:9; 11:10; 11:10; 14:22; 22:9; 28:38; 28:38; 28:46; 28:59; 30:6; 30:19; 31:21; 34:4

Joshua

24:3

Ruth

4:12; 4:12

1 Samuel

1:11; 2:20; 2:20; 2:21; 8:15; 8:15; 20:42; 20:42; 24:22; 24:22

2 Samuel

4:8; 7:12; 22:51

1 Kings

2:33; 11:14; 11:39; 18:32

2 Kings

5:27; 11:1; 17:20; 25:25

1 Chronicles

16:13; 17:11

2 Chronicles

20:7; 22:10

Ezra

2:59; 9:2

Nehemiah

7:61; 9:1; 9:2; 9:8

Esther

6:13; 9:27; 9:28; 9:31; 10:3

Job

5:25; 21:8; 39:12

Psalms

18:50; 21:11; 22:24; 22:31; 25:13; 37:25; 37:26; 37:28; 89:5; 89:30; 89:37; 105:6; 106:27; 112:2; 126:6

Proverbs

11:21

Ecclesiastes

11:6; 11:6

Isaiah

1:4; 5:10; 5:10; 6:13; 14:20; 17:11; 17:11; 23:3; 30:23; 41:8; 43:5; 44:3; 45:19; 45:25; 48:19; 53:10; 54:3; 55:10; 55:10; 57:3; 57:4; 59:21; 61:9; 61:9; 65:9; 65:23; 66:22

Jeremiah

2:21; 7:15; 22:28; 22:30; 23:8; 29:32; 30:10; 31:27; 31:36; 31:37; 33:21; 33:22; 33:26; 33:26; 33:26; 35:7; 35:7; 35:9; 36:30; 36:31; 41:1; 46:27; 49:10

Ezekiel

17:5; 17:5; 17:5; 17:13; 20:5; 43:19; 44:22

Daniel

1:3; 9:1

Amos

9:13; 9:13; 9:13

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

8:12

Malachi

2:3; 2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2233 matches the Hebrew זֶרַע (zeraʿ),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in 'Lev' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - ‘If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - but if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:16 -

‘Now if any man has a seminal emission, he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17 - ‘Every garment and every leather on which there is semen shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:18 - ‘If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - This is the law for the one who has a discharge and for the one who has a seminal emission, so that he is unclean by it;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:20 - ‘You shall not have intimate relations with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21 - ‘You shall not give any of your children to offer them [by fire as a sacrifice] to Molech [the god of the Ammonites], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by honoring idols as gods]. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 -

‘Now if a man has intimate relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for [marriage to] another man, but who has not been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment [after an investigation]; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel,

‘Any Israelite or any stranger residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech (the god of the Ammonites) [as a human sacrifice] shall most certainly be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - ‘I will also set My face against that man [opposing him, withdrawing My protection from him] and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them], because he has given some of his children to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - ‘If the people of the land should ever tolerate that man when he gives any of his children [as a burnt offering] to Molech, and fail to put him to death [as My law requires],
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:15 - so that he will not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies the high priest.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - “Say to Aaron, ‘Throughout their generations none of your descendants who has any [physical] defect shall approach [the altar] to present the food of his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:21 - ‘No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a [physical] defect and is disfigured or deformed is to approach [the altar] to present the offerings of the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he shall not approach [the altar] to present the food of his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - “Say to them, ‘Any one of your descendants throughout your generations who approaches the holy things which the Israelites dedicate to the LORD, while he is [ceremonially] unclean, that person shall be cut off from My presence and excluded from the sanctuary; I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - ‘No man of the descendants of Aaron who is a leper or has a discharge may eat the holy things [the offerings and the showbread] until he is clean. And whoever touches any person or thing made unclean by contact with a corpse or a man who has had a seminal emission,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - ‘But if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she shall eat her father’s food; but no layman shall eat it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - ‘And your threshing season will last until grape gathering and the grape gathering [time] will last until planting, and you will eat your bread and be filled and live securely in your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to languish also. And you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat what you plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 -

‘And if a man consecrates to the LORD part of a field of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it; a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:30 -

‘And all the tithe (tenth part) of the land, whether the seed of the land or the fruit of the tree, is the LORDS; it is holy to the LORD.

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