Spora means “seed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4701 — mitsnepheth (“diadem”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4701 σπορά (spora) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. spora (spor-ah') n. 1. a sowing 2. (by implication) parentage It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include seed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
spora (spor-ah') n. 1. a sowing 2. (by implication) parentage [from G4687] KJV: seed Root(s): G4687
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4701. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
seed
Usage: σπορά, -ᾶς, ἡ (σπείρω), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:29 (זָרַע), 1Ma.10:30 * ;] __1. a sowing. __2. seedtime. __3. seed sown (of human offspring, Soph., Tr., 316, 420): 1Pe.1:23 (cf. σπέρμα, and see Milligan, NTD, 105 f.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render spora, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4701 (σπορά) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And this shall be a sign to thee; eat this year the things that grow of themselves, and in the second year the things which spring up: and in the third year let there be sowing, and reaping, and planting of vineyards, and eat ye the fruit of them.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part of the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judah, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4701.
And this shall be a sign to thee; eat this year the things that grow of themselves, and in the second year the things which spring up: and in the third year let there be sowing, and reaping, and planting of vineyards, and eat ye the fruit of them.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
and from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part of the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judah, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4701, grouped by book.
Spora (Strong's G4701) is a Greek word most simply glossed "seed". spora (spor-ah') n. 1. a sowing 2. (by implication) parentage
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G4701 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4701 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as seed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4701, with linked reader references where each row is available.