σπορ-ά, ἡ, ( σπείρω ) sowing of seed, σπερμάτων Pl. Amat. 134e: hence metaph., μαθημάτων εἰς ψυχήν ibid. of children, σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε from this origin, A. Pr. 871; τοιοῦτος ὢν τοιῷδ’ ὀνειδίζεις σποράν; his origin, birth . . ? S. Aj. 1298; procreation, παίδων, γένους, Pl. Lg. 729c, 783a; τὴν Ῥωμύλου ς . begetting, Plu. 2.320b, cf. Ptol. Tetr. 103, 105 .
2. seed-time, sowing-time, ἀπὸ τῆς ς . Thphr. HP 8.2.6; δεκέτεσιν σποραῖσιν in the tenth seed-time, i.e. year, E. El. 1152 (lyr.).
II seed, [1Pe 1:23], PLeid.W. 11.50; field sown, ξηρὰ ς . dry land, dub. l. in E. Andr. 637; ς. δράκοντος ground sown with the dragon’s teeth, S. Ant. 1125 (lyr.). of persons, seed, offspring, Id. Tr. 316, 420; γυναῖκα καὶ τέκνων . . σποράν Men. 598: pl., young ones, dub. in E. Cyc. 56: generally, θῆλυς ς . the female race, Id. Hec. 659; θήλεια ς . Id. Tr. 503 .
G4701 — σπορά
σπορᾶς, ἡ (σπείρω, 2 perfect ἐσπορα), seed: [1Pe 1:23] ((equivalent to a sowing, figuratively, origin, etc., from Aeschylus, Plato down)).
σπορά , - ᾶς , ἡ
( < σπείρω ),
[in LXX : [2Ki 19:29] (H2232), 1Ma 10:30 * ;]
1. a sowing.
2. seedtime.
3. seed sown (of human offspring, Soph ., Tr ., 316, 420): [1Pe 1:23]
( cf. σπέρμα , and v. Milligan , NTD , 105 f .). †