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  #4690 σπέρμα sperma {sper'-mah}

 from G4687; TDNT - 7:536,1065; n n

—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 1) from which a plant germinates
    1a) the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself
        the germ of the future plants
        1a1) of the grains or kernels sown
    1b) metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as
        the germ of a new race (just as seed is kept from the harvest
        for the sowing)
 2) the semen virile
    2a) the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
    2b) family, race, posterity
    2c) whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
        2c1) of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the
             soul by which we are regenerated

—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)

From G4687; somethng sown, that is, seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication offspring; specifically a remnant (figuratively as if kept over for planting):—issue, seed.

—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)

#4690.
σπε´ρμα
sperma; from 4687; that which is sown, i.e. seed:—
NASB - children(7), conceive*(1), descendant(4), descendants(16), posterity(1), seed(10), seeds(4).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - seed 43, issue 1; 44

issue
Matthew 22:25.

seed
Matthew 13:24, 27, 37, 38; 22:24. Mark 12:19, 20, 21, 22. Luke 1:55; 20:28. John 7:42; 8:33, 37. Acts 3:25; 7:5, 6; 13:23. Romans 1:3; 4:13, 16, 18; 9:7, 7, 8, 29; 11:1. 1 Corinthians 15:38. 2 Corinthians 9:10; 11:22. Galatians 3:16, 16, 19, 29. 2 Timothy 2:8. Hebrews 2:16; 11:11, 18. 1 John 3:9. Revelation 12:17.

seeds
Matthew 13:32. Mark 4:31. Galatians 3:16.