Seed
זְרַעStrong’s H2234zera (ze-ra)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Zera is the Aramaic word usually translated “offspring of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.”
Meaning
- Seed, offspring
How it's translated
- with offspring of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
זְרַע zera · seed
seed, offspring Aramaic of ze.ra (זֶ֫רַע ": seed" H2233)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEED, noun
- The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the reproduction and conservation of the species.
- That from which any thing springs; first principle; original; as the seeds of virtue or vice.
- Principle of production.
- Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
All definitions and other forms of “seed”
- Race; generation; birth.
SEED, verb intransitive
- To grow to maturity, so as to produce seed.
- To shed the seed
SEED, verb transitive
To sow; to sprinkle with seed which germinates and takes root.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.