Definition
a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
Traditional renderings: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Traditional renderings: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זָרַע:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
56 total
- Hosea 8:7יִזְרָ֖עוּ · they sowFor they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
- Hosea 10:12זִרְע֨וּ · SowSow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Micah 6:15תִזְרַ֖ע · will sowYou will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
- Nahum 1:14יִזָּרַ֥ע · descendantsThe LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
- Haggai 1:6זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם · You have plantedYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- Zechariah 10:9וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ · Though I sow themThough I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.