Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
seed
Usage: seed, offspring Aramaic of ze.ra (זֶ֫רַע ": seed" H2233)
Zera means “seed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2234 — hedeos (“gladly”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2234 זְרַע (zra`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zra` (zer-ah') n-m. 1. posterity [(Aramaic) corresponding to H2233] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include seed. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
zra` (zer-ah') n-m. 1. posterity [(Aramaic) corresponding to H2233] KJV: seed. Root(s): H2233
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2234. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
seed
Usage: seed, offspring Aramaic of ze.ra (זֶ֫רַע ": seed" H2233)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zra`, 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 Old Testament. 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.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in 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.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H2234.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2234, grouped by book.
Zera (Strong's H2234) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "seed". zra` (zer-ah') n-m. 1. posterity [(Aramaic) corresponding to H2233]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H2234 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2234 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
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.