Hebrew word study
זֶרַעzeraʻ — seed
Pronounced “zeh'-rah”
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
Translated in the King James as: carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
Appears 228 times in Scripture
Origin: from H2232 (זָרַע);
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 59×
Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29Genesis 3:15Genesis 4:25Genesis 7:3Genesis 8:22Genesis 9:9Genesis 12:7Genesis 13:15Genesis 13:16Genesis 15:3Genesis 15:5Genesis 15:13Genesis 15:18Genesis 16:10Genesis 17:7Genesis 17:8Genesis 17:9Genesis 17:10Genesis 17:12Genesis 17:19Genesis 19:32Genesis 19:34Genesis 21:12+ 34 more in Genesis
Exodus — 6×
Leviticus — 24×
Leviticus 11:37Leviticus 11:38Leviticus 15:16Leviticus 15:17Leviticus 15:18Leviticus 15:32Leviticus 18:20Leviticus 18:21Leviticus 19:20Leviticus 20:2Leviticus 20:3Leviticus 20:4Leviticus 21:15Leviticus 21:17Leviticus 21:21Leviticus 22:3Leviticus 22:4Leviticus 22:13Leviticus 26:5Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 27:16Leviticus 27:30+ 2 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 9×
Deuteronomy — 14×
Joshua — 1×
Ruth — 1×
1 Samuel — 6×
2 Samuel — 3×
1 Kings — 5×
2 Kings — 4×
1 Chronicles — 2×
2 Chronicles — 2×
Nehemiah — 3×
Psalms — 18×
Proverbs — 1×
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Isaiah — 25×
Jeremiah — 21×
Ezekiel — 6×
Daniel — 2×
Amos — 1×
Haggai — 1×
Zechariah — 1×
Malachi — 2×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.