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In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe the spreading of the Word of God or the Gospel. The concept of sowing is often linked to spiritual growth and the propagation of faith.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient agrarian societies, sowing seed was a fundamental activity for sustenance and survival. The imagery of sowing and reaping was deeply embedded in the cultural consciousness of the people. In the Jewish tradition, sowing was also a metaphor for teaching and spreading wisdom. The New Testament writers, particularly Jesus in His parables, used this familiar imagery to convey spiritual truths about the Kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4687.htm">speiró</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a sowing, by impl. seed<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>seed (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4701: σπορά</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σπορά</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σπορᾶς</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">σπείρω</span>, 2 perfect <span class="greek2">ἐσπορα</span>), <span class="accented">seed</span>: <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-23.htm">1 Peter 1:23</a> ((equivalent to <span class="accented">a sowing,</span> figuratively, <span class="accented">origin,</span> etc., from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span> down)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>seed. <p>From <a href="/greek/4687.htm">speiro</a>; a sowing, i.e. (by implication) parentage -- seed. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4687.htm">speiro</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σπορας σποράς σπορᾶς sporas sporâs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_peter/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 1:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐκ ἐκ <b>σπορᾶς</b> φθαρτῆς ἀλλὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for you have been born again <span class="itali">not of seed</span> which is perishable<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> corruptible <span class="itali">seed,</span> but<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not of <span class="itali">seed</span> perishable but<p><b><a href="/greek/4701.htm">Strong's Greek 4701</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4701.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sporas_4701.htm">σπορᾶς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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