from which a plant germinates the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants of the grains or kernels sown metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing) the semen virile the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny family, tribe, posterity whatever possesses vital force or life giving power of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
Lexicons - New Testament Greek Lexicon - King James Version Greek Lexicon - Sperma
from which a plant germinates the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants of the grains or kernels sown metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing) the semen virile the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny family, tribe, posterity whatever possesses vital force or life giving power of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
Lexicons - New Testament Greek Lexicon - New American Standard Greek Lexicon - Sperma