seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication

; seed of plants: , , ; pl., , , ; metaph., of an escaping remnant (, ; cf. ; Plat., , 23 c; FlJ, , xi, 5, 3), ; Mt 13:24 27 37, 38 II Co 9:10 Mt 13:32 Mk 4:31 I Co 15:33 Is 1:9 Wi 14:6 Ro 9:29 שָׂרִיד Tim. Ant. of men (as ; Lat. ; so in cl.; cf. in LXX, , al.): ; metaph., of the divine influence, ; by meton. (as freq. in poets), : , , , , , , , , , , ; pl. (FlJ, , viii, 7, 6; Plat., , ix, 853 c; ; in Ga, l.c., contrasted with sing., v. Lft., in l; Milligan, , 105 f.), ; of spiritual offspring, , , , .† γονή semen genitale Le 15:16 He 11:11 I Jo 3:9 Mt 22:24, 25 Mk 12:19-22 Lk 1:55 20:28 Jo 7:42 8:33 37 Ac 3:25 7:5, 6 13:23 Ro 1:3 4:13 18 9:7, 8 11:1 II Co 11:22 Ga 3:16 19 II Ti 2:8 He 2:16 11:18 IV Mac 18:1 Ga 3:16 Ro 4:16 18 9:8 Ga 3:29 Re 12:17 seed, offspring, posterity (LXX) Ant. Leg. NTD

something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)

issue, seed