זָרַע (za.ra) means “to sow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: zaw-rah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
זָרַע · za.ra · to sow
1) to sow, scatter seed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sow 1a2) producing, yielding seed 1b)(Niphal) 1b1) to be sown 1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant 1c) (Pual) to be sown 1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed
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a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV glosses: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sow | 5 |
| to sow | 4 |
| you will sow | 3 |
| seed-bearing | 2 |
| they sow | 2 |
| and able to conceive | 1 |
| and i will sow her | 1 |
| and set out cuttings | 1 |
| and sowed | 1 |
| and sown | 1 |
| and those who sow | 1 |
| are they sown | 1 |
| are those who sow | 1 |
| becomes pregnant | 1 |
| but he who sows | 1 |
| contains | 1 |
| descendants | 1 |
| for planting | 1 |
| he who sows | 1 |
| or sown | 1 |
| plant | 1 |
| planted their crops | 1 |
| shines | 1 |
| sowed seed | 1 |
| sown | 1 |
| the sower | 1 |
| they have sown | 1 |
| those who sow | 1 |
| though i sow them | 1 |
| to sow the land | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| what i have sown | 1 |
| when i will sow | 1 |
| while you are sowing | 1 |
| will sow | 1 |
| you are to sow | 1 |
| you have planted | 1 |
| you have sown | 1 |
| you may sow | 1 |
| you plant | 1 |
| you shall not sow | 1 |
| you sow | 1 |
| you sowed | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sow | 4 |
| and sow | 3 |
| thou shalt sow | 3 |
| yielding | 3 |
| and i will sow | 2 |
| and ye shall sow | 2 |
| thou shalt not sow | 2 |
| which thou hast sown | 2 |
| and shall conceive | 1 |
| and shalt set | 1 |
| and sowed | 1 |
| and sown | 1 |
| be sown | 1 |
| be unto you ye shall not sow | 1 |
| bearing | 1 |
| behold we shall not sow | 1 |
| but to him that soweth | 1 |
| for they have sown | 1 |
| for you and ye shall sow | 1 |
| had sown | 1 |
| have conceived seed | 1 |
| he that soweth | 1 |
| is sown | 1 |
| it is not sown | 1 |
| let me sow | 1 |
| nor sow | 1 |
| nor sown | 1 |
| not sown | 1 |
| shall not sow | 1 |
| sowed | 1 |
| that i will sow | 1 |
| that thou shalt sow | 1 |
| the sower | 1 |
| they have sown | 1 |
| they that sow | 1 |
| thou shalt neither sow | 1 |
| to sow | 1 |
| to the sower | 1 |
| where thou sowedst | 1 |
| which is to be sown | 1 |
| ye have sown | 1 |
| ye that sow | 1 |
| yea they shall not be sown | 1 |
Page 1 of 2. 54 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
Read word by wordThe earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Read word by wordThen God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
Read word by wordNow Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Read word by wordThen Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
Read word by wordFor six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
Read word by wordYou are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
Read word by wordIf a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
Read word by word“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
Read word by wordYou are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
Read word by wordFor six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.
Read word by wordBut in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
Read word by wordThe fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.
Read word by wordNow you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
Read word by wordWhile you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.
Read word by wordthen this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
Read word by wordBut if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
Read word by wordFor the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
Read word by wordbring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
Read word by wordDo not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
Read word by wordAll its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.22
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
Read word by wordAnd all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Read word by wordAnd this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Read word by wordAs I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Read word by wordthen may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
Read word by wordLight shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
Read word by wordThey sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
Read word by wordThose who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Read word by wordThe wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Read word by wordHe who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Read word by wordHe who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
Read word by wordSow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Read word by wordFor you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
Read word by wordDoes the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
Read word by wordThen He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Read word by wordBlessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
Read word by wordAnd this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Read word by wordNo sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Read word by wordFor just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read word by word“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Read word by wordFor this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
Read word by wordThey have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
Read word by word“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
Read word by wordNor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
Read word by wordCut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
Read word by wordFor behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
Read word by wordAnd I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.25
For 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.
Read word by wordSow 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.
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