Definition

a scattering (of seed), i.e. (concretely) seed (as sown)

Etymology

from G4687 (σπείρω);

Word family

• σπείρω speírō

How the KJV renders it

• seed (X sown)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.