speivrw speivrw; (imperfect 2 person singular ejspeire", Tr); 1 aorist e[speira; passive, present speivromai; perfect passive participle ejsparmeno"; 2 aorist ejspavrhn; (derived from the quick, jerky, motion of the hand; cf. our spurn (of the foot); Curtius, sec. 389); from Hesiod down; the Septuagint for [r'z:; to sow, scatter seed; a. properly: absolutely, ; f,18f; f,14; ; ; (f (see in b.)); ; with an accusative of the thing, as spevrma zizavnia, kovkkon (cf. Buttmann, sec. 131, 5): f (but in 25 L T Tr WH have ejpevspeiren), 27,37,39; : ; f; with specifications of place: eij" tav" ajkavnqa", ; ; ejn tw'/ ajgrw'/, (31); ejpiv th'" gh'". ; ejpiv with an accusative of place, , ; ,; parav thvn oJdovn, . b. in proverbial sayings: absolutely, ,; f; ; ; tiv, (on these sayings see qerivzw, b.). in comparisons: sprivein eij" thvn savrka, eij" tov pneu'ma (savrx and pneu'ma are likened to fields to be sown), to do those things which satisfy the nature and promptings of the savrx or of the pneu'ma, ; tovn lovgon, to scatter the seeds of instruction, i. e. to impart instruction, f; oJ lovgo", oJ ejsparmeno" ejn tai'" kardivai" aujtw'n, the ideas and precepts that have been implanted like seed in their hearts, i. e. received in their hearts, (here Tr text WH eij" aujtouv" into their hearts T L marginal reading ejn aujtoi'"); ou|to" ejstin oJ parav thvn oJdovn spareiv", this one experiences the fate of the seed sown by the wayside, ; add, 20-23; ,,. tov sw'ma, the body, which after death is committed like seed to the earth, ; karpovn dikaiosuvnh", i. e. that seed which produces karpovn dikaiosuvnh" (see karpov", 2 b.), ; speivrein tivni tiv, to give, manifest, something to one, from whom we may subsequently receive something else akin to a harvest (qerivzomen), . (Compare: diaspeivrw, ejpispeivrw.)*