; Galatians 3:29; similarly, Christians are called, in Revelation 12:17, the σπέρμα of the church (which is likened to a mother, Galatians 4:26). β. whatever possesses vital force or life-giving power: τό σπέρμα τοῦ Θεοῦ ((but anarthrous)), the Holy Spirit, the divine energy operating within the soul by which we are regenerated or made the τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 John 3:9.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
seed, offspring
From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting) -- issue, seed.
Forms and Transliterations
σπερμα σπέρμα σπερμασιν σπέρμασιν σπέρματα σπερματι σπέρματι σπέρματί σπερματίζον σπερματισθή σπερματισμόν σπερματος σπερματός σπέρματος σπέρματός σπερματων σπερμάτων σπόρον sperma spérma spermasin spérmasin spermati spérmati spérmatí spermaton spermatōn spermáton spermátōn spermatos spérmatos sporon spóron
4691. spermologos
Strong's Concordance
spermologos: a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps of knowledge
Original Word: σπερμολόγος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: spermologos
Phonetic Spelling: (sper-mol-og'-os)
Short Definition: a babbler
Definition: a babbler, gossiper, one who picks up seeds and trifles as does a bird.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from sperma and legó (to pick out, same verb as legó but with a different mean.)
Definition
a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps of knowledge
NASB Translation
idle babbler (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4691: σπερμολόγος
σπερμολόγος, σπερμολογον (σπέρμα, and λέγω to collect);
1. picking up seeds: used of birds, Plug. Demet. 28; Athen. 9, p. 387 f.; especially of the crow or daw that picks up grain in the fields (German Saatkrähe), Aristophanes av. 232, 579; Aristotle, h. a. 8, 8, p. 592{b}, 28, and other writings.
2. of men: "lounging about the market-place and picking up a subsistence by whatever may chance to fall from the loads of merchandise" (Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 5, 490 σπερμολογοι. οἱ περί τά ἐμπορία καί ἀγορᾶς διατρίβοντες διά τό ἀναλέγεσθαι τά ἐκ τῶν φορτιων ἐπορρεοντα καί διά ζῆν ἐκ τούτων); hence, beggarly, abject, vile (a parasite); getting a living by flattery and buffoonery, Athen. 3, p. 85 f.; Plutarch, mor., p. 456 d.; a substantive, ὁ σπερμολόγος, an empty talker, babbler (Demosthenes, p. 269, 19; Athen. 8, p. 344 c.): Acts 17:18.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
babbler.
From sperma and lego; a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk) -- babbler.
Forms and Transliterations
σπερμολογος σπερμολόγος spermologos spermológos
4692. speudó
Strong's Concordance
speudó: to hasten, urge on
Original Word: σπεύδω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: speudó
Phonetic Spelling: (spyoo'-do)
Short Definition: I hasten, desire earnestly
Definition: I hasten, urge on, desire earnestly.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
to hasten, urge on
NASB Translation
hastening (1), hurried (1), hurry (2), hurrying (1), make haste (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4692: σπεύδω
σπεύδω; imperfect ἔσπευδον; 1 aorist ἔσπευσα; (cognate with German sich sputen (cf. English speed, Latinstudeo; Vanicek, p. 1163; Fick 4:279)); from Homer down; the Sept. for מִהַר, also for בִּהֵל, etc.;
1. intransitive, (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, 130, 4), to hasten: as often in the Greek writings, followed by an infinitive Acts 20:16; ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, they came with haste, Luke 2:16; σπεύσας κατάβηθι (A. V. make haste and come down), κατέβη, Luke 19:5, 6; σπεῦσον καί ἔξελθε (A. V. make haste and get thee quickly out), Acts 22:18.
2. to desire earnestly: τί, 2 Peter 3:12; (Isaiah 16:5; examples from Greek authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 vol. ii., p. 1501; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II.)).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hasten, hurry
Probably strengthened from pous; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. Urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly -- (make, with) haste unto.
Forms and Transliterations
έσπευδε εσπευδεν ἔσπευδεν εσπεύδετο έσπευσα εσπεύσαν έσπευσαν έσπευσας έσπευσε έσπευσεν σπεύδε σπεύδει σπεύδειν σπευδοντας σπεύδοντας σπεύδοντες σπεύδων σπευσαντες σπεύσαντες σπευσας σπεύσας σπεύσασα σπεύσατε σπεύσης Σπευσον σπεύσον Σπεῦσον σπεύσουσι σπεύσουσιν espeuden éspeuden speudontas speúdontas speusantes speúsantes speusas speúsas Speuson Speûson
4693. spélaion
Strong's Concordance
spélaion: a cave
Original Word: σπήλαιον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: spélaion
Phonetic Spelling: (spay'-lah-yon)
Short Definition: a cave, den
Definition: a cave, den, hideout.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from speos (a cave)
Definition
a cave
NASB Translation
cave (1), caves (2), den (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4693: σπήλαιον
σπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; John 11:38; Hebrews 11:38; Revelation 6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cave, den.
Neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort -- cave, den.
Forms and Transliterations
σπηλαια σπήλαια σπηλαιοις σπηλαίοις σπηλαιον σπήλαιον σπηλαίου σπηλαίω σπιθα΄μης σπιθαμή σπιθαμής spelaia spēlaia spḗlaia spelaiois spelaíois spēlaiois spēlaíois spelaion spēlaion spḗlaion
4694. spilas
Strong's Concordance
spilas: a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), i.e. a reef
Original Word: σπιλάς, άδος, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: spilas
Phonetic Spelling: (spee-las')
Short Definition: a hidden rock, false teacher
Definition: a hidden rock; fig: a flaw, stigma.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), i.e. a reef
NASB Translation
hidden reefs (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4694: σπιλάς
σπιλάς, σπιλαδος, ἡ, a rock in the sea, ledge or reef (Homer, Odyssey 3, 298; 5, 401, and in other poets; Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, b. j. 3, 9, 3); plural, tropically, of men who by their conduct damage others morally, wreck them as it were, equivalent to σκάνδαλα (R. V. text hidden rocks), Jude 1:12 (here L T Tr WH read οἱ (namely, ὄντες) σπιλάδες. Some (so R. V. marginal reading) make the word equivalent to the following; see Rutherford as there referred to.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
spot
Of uncertain derivation; a ledge or reef of rock in the sea -- spot (by confusion with spilos).
Forms and Transliterations
σπιλαδες σπιλάδες spilades spiládes
4695. spiloó
Strong's Concordance
spiloó: to stain, defile
Original Word: σπιλόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: spiloó
Phonetic Spelling: (spee-lo'-o)
Short Definition: I defile, spot
Definition: I defile, spot, stain, soil.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 4695 spilóō – to stain; (figuratively) to defile, spiritually stain.
See 4696 (
spilos).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from spilos
Definition
to stain, defile
NASB Translation
defiles (1), polluted (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4695: σπιλόω
σπιλόω, σπίλω; perfect passive participle ἐσπιλωμενος; (σπίλος); to defile, spot: τί, James 3:6; Jude 1:23. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Lucian, Heliodorus; the Sept..)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
defile, spot.
From spilos; to stain or soil (literally or figuratively) -- defile, spot.
Forms and Transliterations
εσπιλωμενον ἐσπιλωμένον σπίλοι σπίλον σπιλουσα σπιλοῦσα espilomenon espiloménon espilōmenon espilōménon spilousa spiloûsa