Zeraʻ (H2233) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Zeraʻ in English — Strong's Lexicon

Occurrences

Zeraʻ occurs 229 times in 205 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (48), Exodus (5), Leviticus (22), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (14), Joshua (1), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (3), Esther (5), Job (3), Psalms (17), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (23), Jeremiah (18), Ezekiel (5), Daniel (2), Amos (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (1), Malachi (2)

Genesis 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed (זֶ֔רַע), and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed (זַרְעוֹ) is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed (זֶ֙רַע֙) after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed (זַרְעוֹ) was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed (זֶ֗רַע), which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed (זָ֑רַע); to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֖) and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed (זַרְעָ֑הּ); it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis 4:25 — And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed (זֶ֣רַע) instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 7:3 — Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed (זֶ֖רַע) alive upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 8:22 — While the earth remaineth, seedtime (זֶ֡רַע) and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 9:9 — And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed (זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם) after you;
Genesis 12:7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed (לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔) will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Genesis 13:15 — For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed (וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖) for ever.
Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֖) as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֖) also be numbered.
Genesis 15:3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed (זָ֑רַע): and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed (זַרְעֶֽךָ) be.
Genesis 15:13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֗) shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed (לְזַרְעֲךָ֗) have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 16:10 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly (זַרְעֵ֑ךְ), that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֧) after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed (וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖) after thee.
Genesis 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed (וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨) after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:9 — And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed (וְזַרְעֲךָ֥) after thee in their generations.
Genesis 17:10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֖) after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
Genesis 17:12 — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed (מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֖).
Genesis 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed (לְזַרְע֥וֹ) after him.
Genesis 19:32 — Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed (זָֽרַע) of our father.
Genesis 19:34 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed (זָֽרַע) of our father.
Genesis 21:12 — And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed (זָֽרַע) be called.
Genesis 21:13 — And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֖).
Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֙) as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֔) shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 22:18 — And in thy seed (בְזַרְעֲךָ֔) shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 24:7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed (לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔) will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:60 — And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed (זַרְעֵ֔ךְ) possess the gate of those which hate them.
Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed (וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗), I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֙) to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed (לְזַרְעֲךָ֔) all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed (בְזַרְעֲךָ֔) shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:24 — And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֔) for my servant Abraham’s sake.
Genesis 28:4 — And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed (וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣) with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed (וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ);
Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֙) shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed (וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ) shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 32:12 — And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed (זַרְעֲךָ֙) as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 35:12 — And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed (וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֥) after thee will I give the land.
Genesis 38:8 — And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed (זֶ֖רַע) to thy brother.
Genesis 38:9 — And Onan knew that the seed (הַזָּ֑רַע) should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

Zeraʻ — H2233

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