What does Ἀβραάμ · σπέρμα mean in the Bible?
Ἀβραάμ · σπέρμα is a Greek phrase meaning "Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch".
Greek · G11, G4690
Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch · seed: offspring
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Ἀβραάμ G11 Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
Pronunciation Abraám
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σπέρμα G4690 seed: offspring
Pronunciation spérma
Offspring or descendants, often used metaphorically for spiritual progeny or promised heirs in covenant theology.
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What does Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα (Abraam sperma) mean in the Bible?
Ἀβραάμ · σπέρμα is a Greek phrase meaning "Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G11, G4690?
G11, G4690 is connected to 73 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
Source Gloss
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 73 Case pattern Genitive (29) Number pattern Singular (73)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:2 · Luke 16:25 · Luke 16:29 · John 8:39 · John 8:40 · John 8:52 · John 8:56 · Acts 7:16 · Rom 4:2 · Rom 4:3 · Gal 3:6 · Gal 4:22 · Heb 7:2 · Heb 7:4 · Heb 11:8 · Heb 11:17 18×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 1:17 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 22:32 · Mark 12:26 · Luke 3:34 · Luke 13:16 · Luke 16:22 · Luke 19:9 · Luke 20:37 · John 8:33 · John 8:37 · John 8:39 · John 8:53 · Acts 3:13 · Acts 7:32 29×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:9 · Luke 1:55 · Luke 3:8 · Acts 7:2 · Acts 7:17 · Rom 4:9 · Rom 4:13 · Gal 3:8 · Gal 3:9 · Gal 3:16 · Gal 3:18 · Heb 6:13 · Heb 7:1 · 1 Pet 3:6 14×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:9 · Luke 1:73 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 13:28 · Luke 16:23 · John 8:57 · John 8:58 · Acts 3:25 · Rom 4:1 · Heb 7:6 10×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:24 · Luke 16:30 2×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain