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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 26 times in 23 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Alas, sinful nation,
A people laden with iniquity,
A brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the LORD,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,
And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:13 - But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So the holy seed shall be its stump.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:20 - You will not be joined with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
The brood of evildoers shall never be named.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:11 - In the day you will make your plant to grow,
And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish;
But the harvest will be a heap of ruins
In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:3 - And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of the River,[fn] is her revenue;
And she is a marketplace for the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 - “But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
The descendants of Abraham My friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5 - Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And gather you from the west;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:3 - For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
And floods on the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in vain’;
I, the LORD, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:25 - In the LORD all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and shall glory.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Your descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - “But come here,
You sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:21 - “As for Me,” says the LORD, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the LORD, “from this time and forevermore.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
That they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 - I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - They shall not labor in vain,
Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the LORD,
And their offspring with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:22 - “For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the LORD,
“So shall your descendants and your name remain.
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