hebrew #2232 - זָרַע zara (to sow)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify -- bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

QalPerfect3masculine singular זָרַעJudges 6:3; 1singular וְזָרַעְתִּ֫יJeremiah 31:27; suffix וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ consec Hosea 2:25; 3plural זָָֽרְעוּJeremiah 12:13; 2masculine plural זְרַעַתֶּםHaggai 1:6; וּזְרַעְתֶּם consecutive Genesis 47:23 2t.; Imperfectיִזְרָ֑עEcclesiastes 11:4; וַיִּזְרַעGenesis 26:12; suffix וַיִּזְרָעֶהָJudges 9:45; 1singular אֶזְדְעָה Judg 31:8; suffix וְאֶזְרָעֵםZechariah 10:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular זְרַעEcclesiastes 11:6; masculine plural זִרְעוּHosea 10:12 2t.; InfinitiveלִזְרֹעַIsaiah 28:24; Participle activeזֹרֵעַIsaiah 55:10 3t.; זזֹרֵעַProverbs 22:8; Jeremiah 50:16, etc.; Passive participleזָרֻעַPsalm 97:11 (but on text see below); feminine זְרוּעָהJeremiah 2:2; —

1 literally sow:

a. absolute sow (seed), do one's sowing Judges 6:3; Genesis 26:12 (J), Isaiah 28:24 (after ploughing חרשׁ); זִרְעוּ וקצרו ונטעוכרמיםIsaiah 37:30=2 Kings 19:29; "" קצר also Micah 6:15; Leviticus 25:11 (H), Ecclesiastes 11:4; "" אסףLeviticus 25:20 (H); opposed to אכלJob 31:8; זֹרְעֵי עלכֿלמֿיםIsaiah 32:20 (on construct compare Ges^{§ 130}, 1); with אתהֿשּׁנה הַשׁמינִתLeviticus 25:22; followed by הַרְבֵּהHaggai 1:6 (opposed to הָבֵא מְעָ֑ט).

b. with accusative of land אדמהExodus 23:10 (J E; "" אסף), Genesis 47:23 (J); field (שׂדה) Leviticus 25:3 ("" אסף), compare Leviticus 25:4; Psalm 107:37; as passive participle אֶרֶץ לֹא זְרוּעָהJeremiah 2:2 ("" מִדְבָּר).

c. with accusative of seed אֶתזַֿרְעֲךָ׳זDeuteronomy 11:10, compare Deuteronomy 22:9; Jeremiah 35:7; Leviticus 26:16 (H) Ecclesiastes 11:6; followed by חִטִּיםJeremiah 12:13 ("" קצר); compare also בִּכּוּרֵימַעֲשֶׂיךָ אשׁר תזרע בַּשָּׂדֶהExodus 23:16 (JE).

d. followed by 2 accusative לֹא תזרע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאַ֑יִםDeuteronomy 22:9; compare שָׂדְךָ לֹא תִזְרַע כִּלְאַיִםLeviticus 19:19 (H); זַרְעֲךָ אשׁרתֿזדע אתהֿאדמהIsaiah 30:23; also of destroyed city וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ מֶ֑לַחJudges 9:45.

e. participle active as substantive זוֺרֵעַJeremiah 50:16 ("" תֹּפֵשׂ מַגָּל בְּעֵת קָציר); לַֹזּרֵעַIsaiah 55:10 ("" לָאֹכֵל).

2of shrub and treeproducing, yielding seed, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:29 (twice in verse) (P), compare Hiph`il 3. figurative:

a.of Yahweh'ssowing (planting) Israel in the land וזרעתיה ליבָארץHosea 2:25 (We וזרעתיהו, object being Jezreel); on the other hand וְאֶזְרָעֵם בָּעַמִּיםZechariah 10:9.

b. with 2 accusative, of Yahweh's fructifying Israel and Judah יהודה זֶרַע אדם וזרע׳וזרעתי אתבֿית ישׂראל ואתבֿבהמהJeremiah 31:27.

c.of moral action, זִרְעוּ לָכֶםלִצְדָקָהHosea 10:12 ("" קצר); צדקה׳זProverbs 11:18; אַלתִּֿזְרְעוּאֶלקֹֿצִיםJeremiah 4:3sow not in among thorns (said of a few righteous deeds amid much wickedness); especially of evil-doing רוּחַ יזרעו וְסוּפָתָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּHosea 8:7; זֹרְעֵי עָמָלJob 4:8 ("" קצר); זוֺרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצוראָֿוֶןProverbs 22:8.

d.of Israel's practising idolatryזְמֹרַתזָר תִּזְרָעֶ֑נּוּIsaiah 17:10 (2 accusative)

e.הזרעים בדמעה בְּרִנָּהיִקְצֹ֑רוּPsalm 126:5 metaphor of distress followed by joy.

f.אוֺר זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיקPsalm 97:11 read probably זָרַח, Vrss Ol Hu Bae Che and others

Niph`albe sown, fructified, Perfect3feminine singular וְנִזְרְעָה consecutive Numbers 5:28; 2masculine plural וְנִזְרַעְתֶּם consecutive Ezekiel 36:9; Imperfect3masculine singular יִזָּרַעNahum 1:14; יִזָּרֵ֑עַDeuteronomy 21:4; Leviticus 11:37; 3feminine singular תִּזָּרַעDeuteronomy 29:22; —

1be sown:

a. subject אֶרֶץ, ולא תַּצְמִחַ׳לֹא תִזּDeuteronomy 29:22, compare (of נַחַל אֵיתָן) לא יֵעָבֵּד׳בּוֺ ולא יִזּDeuteronomy 21:4; in address to הָרֵי ישׂראל, וְנֶעֱבַּדְתֶּם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּםEzekiel 36:9.

b. subject זֶרַע, זֶרַע זֵרוּעַאשׁר יִזָּרֵעַLeviticus 11:37 (P); figurative מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֺד׳לֹא יִזּNahum 1:14no more of thy name be sown, in judgment against Nineveh.

2be fructified, made pregnantוְנִזְרְעָה זָרַ֑עNumbers 5:28 (P; of woman).

Pu`alPerfect3plural זֹרָ֑עוּIsaiah 40:24 of princes and judges under figure of trees ("" נִטָּ֑עוּ, שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם).

Hiph`ilImperfect3feminine singular תַּזְרִיעַLeviticus 12:2; ParticipleמַזְרִיעַGenesis 1:11,12; —

1produce seed, of herb, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:11,12; apparently denominative from זֶרַע; compare Qal 2. 2. of a woman,=bear a childתַּזְרִיעַ וְיָיָָֽלְדָה זָכָרLeviticus 12:2.

זְרַעnoun [masculine]seed (compare Biblical Hebrew I. זרע); — construct אֲנָשָׁא׳זDaniel 2:43seed (offspring) of men.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2232. זָרַע (zara) — 56 Occurrences

Genesis 1:11
HEB:דֶּ֔שֶׁא עֵ֚שֶׂב מַזְרִ֣יעַ זֶ֔רַע עֵ֣ץ
NAS: plants yielding seed,
KJV: the herb yielding seed,
INT: vegetation plants yielding seed trees

Genesis 1:12
HEB:דֶּ֠שֶׁא עֵ֣שֶׂב מַזְרִ֤יעַ זֶ֙רַע֙ לְמִינֵ֔הוּ
NAS: plants yielding seed
KJV: [and] herb yielding seed
INT: vegetation plants yielding seed their kind

Genesis 1:29
HEB:כָּל־ עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀ זֹרֵ֣עַ זֶ֗רַע אֲשֶׁר֙
NAS: plant yielding seed
KJV: you every herb bearing seed,
INT: every plant yielding seed which

Genesis 1:29
HEB:פְרִי־ עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע לָכֶ֥ם
NAS: has fruit yielding seed;
KJV: of a tree yielding seed;
INT: has fruit tree yielding seed shall be

Genesis 26:12
HEB: וַיִּזְרַ֤ע יִצְחָק֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ
NAS: Now Isaac sowed in that land
KJV: Then Isaac sowed in that land,
INT:sowed now Isaac land

Genesis 47:23
HEB:לָכֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־ הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: [here] is seed for you, and you may sow the land.
KJV: [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
INT: now is seed may sow the land

Exodus 23:10
HEB:וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־ אַרְצֶ֑ךָ
NAS:You shall sow your land for six
KJV: years thou shalt sow thy land,
INT: six years shall sow your land and gather

Exodus 23:16
HEB:מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּזְרַ֖ע בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְחַ֤ג
NAS: [from] what you sow in the field;
KJV: of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field:
INT: of your labors what sow the field the Feast

Leviticus 11:37
HEB:זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃
NAS: which is to be sown, it is clean.
KJV: seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] clean.
INT: sowing which is to be sown is clean he

Leviticus 12:2
HEB:אִשָּׁה֙ כִּ֣י תַזְרִ֔יעַ וְיָלְדָ֖ה זָכָ֑ר
NAS: a woman gives birth and bears
KJV: If a woman have conceived seed, and born
INT: A woman When gives and bears A male

Leviticus 19:19
HEB:שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־ תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד
NAS: of your cattle; you shall not sow your field
KJV: with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field
INT: your field nor sow kinds A garment

Leviticus 25:3
HEB:שֵׁ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ תִּזְרַ֣ע שָׂדֶ֔ךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
NAS: years you shall sow your field,
KJV: years thou shalt sow thy field,
INT: Six years shall sow your field and six

Leviticus 25:4
HEB:שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א
NAS: to the LORD; you shall not sow your field
KJV: for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field,
INT: your field nor sow your vineyard nor

Leviticus 25:11
HEB:לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔עוּ וְלֹ֤א תִקְצְרוּ֙
NAS: as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor
KJV: year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap
INT: shall have nor sow nor reap

Leviticus 25:20
HEB:הֵ֚ן לֹ֣א נִזְרָ֔ע וְלֹ֥א נֶאֱסֹ֖ף
NAS: if we do not sow or gather
KJV: year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather
INT: if not sow or gather

Leviticus 25:22
HEB: וּזְרַעְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַשָּׁנָ֣ה
NAS:When you are sowing the eighth year,
KJV:And ye shall sow the eighth year,
INT:are sowing year the eighth

Leviticus 26:16
HEB:וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם
NAS: to pine away; also, you will sow your seed
KJV: of heart: and ye shall sow your seed
INT: to pine the soul will sow uselessly your seed

Numbers 5:28
HEB:הִ֑וא וְנִקְּתָ֖ה וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה זָֽרַע׃
NAS: she will then be free and conceive children.
KJV: then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
INT: she will then be free and conceive children

Deuteronomy 11:10
HEB:מִשָּׁ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּזְרַע֙ אֶֽת־ זַרְעֲךָ֔
NAS: where you used to sow your seed
KJV: from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,
INT: in it where to sow your seed and water

Deuteronomy 21:4
HEB:בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ וְעָֽרְפוּ־ שָׁ֥ם
NAS: has not been plowed or sown, and shall break
KJV: which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off
INT: been plowed or sown and shall break there

Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB: לֹא־ תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם
NAS:You shall not sow your vineyard
KJV:Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard
INT: shall not sow your vineyard two

Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB:הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃
NAS: which you have sown and the increase
KJV: of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit
INT: of the seed which have sown and the increase of the vineyard

Deuteronomy 29:23
HEB:אַרְצָהּ֒ לֹ֤א תִזָּרַע֙ וְלֹ֣א תַצְמִ֔חַ
KJV: [and] burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth,
INT: land is not sown nor beareth

Judges 6:3
HEB:וְהָיָ֖ה אִם־ זָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעָלָ֨ה
NAS: Israel had sown, that the Midianites
KJV: And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites
INT: it was when had sown Israel come

Judges 9:45
HEB:אֶת־ הָעִ֔יר וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ מֶֽלַח׃ פ
NAS: the city and sowed it with salt.
KJV: the city, and sowed it with salt.
INT: razed the city and sowed salt

2 Kings 19:29
HEB:וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗ית זִרְע֧וּ וְקִצְר֛וּ וְנִטְע֥וּ
NAS: year sow, reap,
KJV: year sow ye, and reap,
INT: year the third sow reap plant

Job 4:8
HEB:חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃
NAS: iniquity And those who sow trouble
KJV: iniquity, and sow wickedness,
INT: plow iniquity sow trouble harvest

Job 31:8
HEB: אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל
NAS:Let me sow and another eat,
KJV:[Then] let me sow, and let another
INT:sow and another eat

Psalm 97:11
HEB: א֭וֹר זָרֻ֣עַ לַצַּדִּ֑יק וּֽלְיִשְׁרֵי־
NAS: Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous
KJV: Light is sown for the righteous,
INT: Light is sown the righteous the upright

Psalm 107:37
HEB: וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ שָׂ֭דוֹת וַיִּטְּע֣וּ
NAS:And sow fields and plant
KJV:And sow the fields, and plant
INT:and sow fields and plant

Psalm 126:5
HEB: הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּדִמְעָ֗ה בְּרִנָּ֥ה
NAS:Those who sow in tears shall reap
KJV:They that sow in tears shall reap
INT:sow tears joyful

Proverbs 11:18
HEB:פְעֻלַּת־ שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר
NAS: wages, But he who sows righteousness
KJV: work: but to him that soweth righteousness
INT: work deceptive sows righteousness wages

Proverbs 22:8
HEB: זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה [יִקְצֹור־
NAS:He who sows iniquity will reap
KJV:He that soweth iniquity shall reap
INT:sows iniquity will reap

Ecclesiastes 11:4
HEB:ר֖וּחַ לֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ע וְרֹאֶ֥ה בֶעָבִ֖ים
NAS: the wind will not sow and he who looks
KJV: the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth
INT: the wind will not sow looks the clouds

Ecclesiastes 11:6
HEB: בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ זְרַ֣ע אֶת־ זַרְעֶ֔ךָ
NAS:Sow your seed in the morning
KJV: In the morning sow thy seed,
INT: the morning Sow your seed the evening

Isaiah 17:10
HEB:וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: plants And set them with vine slips
KJV: plants, and shalt set it with strange
INT: vine of a strange and set

Isaiah 28:24
HEB:יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ לִזְרֹ֑עַ יְפַתַּ֥ח וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד
NAS: continually to plant seed? Does he [continually] turn
KJV: all day to sow? doth he open
INT: the farmer plow to plant open and harrow

Isaiah 30:23
HEB:זַרְעֲךָ֜ אֲשֶׁר־ תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־ הָאֲדָמָ֗ה
NAS: which you will sow in the ground,
KJV: of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground
INT: the seed which will sow the ground and bread

Isaiah 32:20
HEB: אַשְׁרֵיכֶ֕ם זֹרְעֵ֖י עַל־ כָּל־
NAS: How blessed will you be, you who sow beside
KJV: Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters,
INT: blessed sow beside all

Isaiah 37:30
HEB:וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗ית זִרְע֧וּ וְקִצְר֛וּ וְנִטְע֥וּ
NAS: year sow, reap,
KJV: year sow ye, and reap,
INT: year the third sow reap plant

Isaiah 40:24
HEB:אַ֚ף בַּל־ זֹרָ֔עוּ אַ֛ף בַּל־
NAS: Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely
KJV: Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock
INT: yet lest been sown yet lest

Isaiah 55:10
HEB:וְנָ֤תַן זֶ֙רַע֙ לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ וְלֶ֖חֶם לָאֹכֵֽל׃
NAS: seed to the sower and bread
KJV: seed to the sower, and bread
INT: and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater

Jeremiah 2:2
HEB:בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א זְרוּעָֽה׃
NAS: Through a land not sown.
KJV: in a land [that was] not sown.
INT: A land not sown

Jeremiah 4:3
HEB:נִ֑יר וְאַֽל־ תִּזְרְע֖וּ אֶל־ קוֹצִֽים׃
NAS: up your fallow ground, And do not sow among
KJV: your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
INT: your fallow not sow among thorns

Jeremiah 12:13
HEB: זָרְע֤וּ חִטִּים֙ וְקֹצִ֣ים
NAS:They have sown wheat and have reaped
KJV:They have sown wheat, but shall reap
INT:have sown wheat thorns

Jeremiah 31:27
HEB:נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה וְזָרַעְתִּ֗י אֶת־ בֵּ֤ית
NAS: the LORD, when I will sow the house
KJV: the LORD, that I will sow the house
INT: declares the LORD will sow the house of Israel

Jeremiah 35:7
HEB:וְזֶ֤רַע לֹֽא־ תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ וְכֶ֣רֶם לֹֽא־
NAS: a house, and you shall not sow seed
KJV: house, nor sow seed,
INT: seed shall not sow A vineyard shall not

Jeremiah 50:16
HEB: כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ מִבָּבֶ֔ל וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ
NAS: Cut off the sower from Babylon
KJV: Cut off the sower from Babylon,
INT: Cut the sower Babylon wields

Ezekiel 36:9
HEB:אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם׃
NAS: to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
KJV: unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
INT: to you will be cultivated and sown

Hosea 2:23
HEB: וּזְרַעְתִּ֤יהָ לִּי֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ
NAS:I will sow her for Myself in the land.
KJV:And I will sow her unto me in the earth;
INT:will sow the land have

Hosea 8:7
HEB:כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ
NAS:For they sow the wind And they reap
KJV:For they have sown the wind,
INT: for the wind sow the whirlwind reap

Hosea 10:12
HEB: זִרְע֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם לִצְדָקָה֙
NAS:Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap
KJV:Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
INT:Sow to righteousness Reap

Micah 6:15
HEB: אַתָּ֥ה תִזְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א תִקְצ֑וֹר
NAS:You will sow but you will not reap.
KJV:Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;
INT: You will sow you will not reap

Nahum 1:14
HEB:יְהוָ֔ה לֹֽא־ יִזָּרַ֥ע מִשִּׁמְךָ֖ ע֑וֹד
NAS: longer be perpetuated. I will cut off
KJV: concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be sown: out of the house
INT: the LORD will no be perpetuated your name longer

Haggai 1:6
HEB: זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם הַרְבֵּ֜ה וְהָבֵ֣א
NAS:You have sown much, but harvest
KJV:Ye have sown much, and bring
INT:have sown much harvest

Zechariah 10:9
HEB: וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖ים
NAS:When I scatter them among the peoples,
KJV:And I will sow them among the people:
INT:scatter the peoples far