σπείρω

σπείρω — speírō

σπείρω; (imperfect 2 person singular ἐσπειρες, Mat 13:27 Tr); 1 aorist ἔσπειρα; passive, present σπείρομαι; perfect passive participle ἐσπαρμενος; 2 aorist ἐσπάρην; (derived from the quick, jerky, motion of the hand; cf. our spurn (of the foot); Curtius, § 389); from Hesiod down; the Sept. for זָרַע; to sow, scatter seed;

a. properly: absolutely, Mat 6:26; Matthew 13:3f, 18; Mark 4:3f, 14; Luk 8:5; Luk 12:24; (Joh 5:36 f (see in b.)); 2Co 9:10; with an accusative of the thing, as σπέρμα ζιζάνια, κόκκον (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 5): Mat 13:24 f (but in 25 L T Tr WH have ἐπέσπειρεν), 27,37,39; Mar 4:32 : Luk 8:5; 1Co 15:36 f; with specifications of place: εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας, Mat 13:22; Mar 4:18; ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, Mat 13:24 (31); ἐπί τῆς γῆς. Mar 4:31; ἐπί with an accusative of place, Mat 13:20; Mat 13:23; Mar 4:16; Mar 4:20; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Mat 13:19.

b. in proverbial sayings: absolutely, Mat 25:24; Mat 25:26; Luk 19:21; Joh 4:37; 2Co 9:6; τί, Gal 6:7 (on these sayings see θερίζω, b.). in comparisons: σπρίειν εἰς τήν σάρκα, εἰς τό πνεῦμα (σάρξ and πνεῦμα are likened to fields to be sown), to do those things which satisfy the nature and promptings of the σάρξ or of the πνεῦμα, Gal 6:8; τόν λόγον, to scatter the seeds of instruction, i. e. to impart instruction, Mar 4:14 f; ὁ λόγος, ὁ ἐσπαρμενος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, the ideas and precepts that have been implanted like seed in their hearts, i. e. received in their hearts, Mar 14:15 (here Tr text WH εἰς αὐτούς into their hearts T L marginal reading ἐν αὐτοῖς); οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ παρά τήν ὁδόν σπαρείς, this one experiences the fate of the seed sown by the wayside, Mat 13:19; add, 20-23; Mar 4:16; Mar 4:18; Mar 4:20. τό σῶμα, the body, which after death is committed like seed to the earth, 1Co 15:42-44; καρπόν δικαιοσύνης, i. e. that seed which produces καρπόν δικαιοσύνης (see καρπός, 2 b.), Jas 3:18; σπείρειν τίνι τί, to give, manifest, something to one, from whom we may subsequently receive something else akin to a harvest (θερίζομεν), 1Co 9:11. (Compare: διασπείρω, ἐπισπείρω.)