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Hebrew word · H2232

זָרַע

zorea'

to sow

Appears 56 times in 54 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

Where it appears

Genesis · 6
  1. Genesis 1:11 מַזְרִ֣יעַ [which] bears seed

    Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

  2. Genesis 1:12 מַזְרִ֤יעַ [which] bears seed

    The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

  3. Genesis 1:29 זֹרֵ֣עַ זֹרֵ֣עַ [which] bears seed

    Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

  4. Genesis 26:12 וַיִּזְרַ֤ע and he sowed

    Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

  5. Genesis 47:23 וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם and you will sow

    Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.

Exodus · 2
  1. Exodus 23:10 תִּזְרַ֣ע you will sow

    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

  2. Exodus 23:16 תִּזְרַ֖ע you will sow

    You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

Leviticus · 9
  1. Leviticus 11:37 יִזָּרֵ֑עַ it will be sown

    If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

  2. Leviticus 12:2 תַזְרִ֔יעַ she will bear a child

    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

  3. Leviticus 19:19 תִזְרַ֣ע you will sow

    You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.

  4. Leviticus 25:3 תִּזְרַ֣ע you will sow

    For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

  5. Leviticus 25:4 תִזְרָ֔ע you will sow

    But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

  6. Leviticus 25:11 תִזְרָ֔עוּ you will sow

    The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.

  7. Leviticus 25:20 נִזְרָ֔ע we will sow

    Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

  8. Leviticus 25:22 וּזְרַעְתֶּ֗ם and you will sow

    While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

  9. Leviticus 26:16 וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם and you will sow

    then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Numbers · 1
  1. Numbers 5:28 וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה and she will be impregnated

    But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

Deuteronomy · 5
  1. Deuteronomy 11:10 תִּזְרַע֙ you sowed

    For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

  2. Deuteronomy 21:4 יִזָּרֵ֑עַ it is sown

    bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

  3. Deuteronomy 22:9 תִזְרַ֥ע תִּזְרָ֔ע you will sow

    Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.

  4. Deuteronomy 29:23 תִזָּרַע֙ it is sown

    All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

Judges · 2
  1. Judges 6:3 זָרַ֣ע it sowed

    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

  2. Judges 9:45 וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ and he sowed it

    And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

2 Kings · 1
  1. 2 Kings 19:29 זִרְע֧וּ sow

    And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Job · 2
  1. Job 4:8 וְזֹרְעֵ֖י and sowers of

    As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

  2. Job 31:8 אֶ֭זְרְעָה let me sow

    then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Psalms · 3
  1. Psalm 97:11 זָרֻ֣עַ [is] sown

    Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

  2. Psalm 107:37 וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ and they sowed

    They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

  3. Psalm 126:5 הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים those [who] sow

    Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

Proverbs · 2
  1. Proverbs 11:18 וְזֹרֵ֥עַ and [one who] sows

    The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

  2. Proverbs 22:8 זוֹרֵ֣עַ [one who] sows

    He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Ecclesiastes · 2
  1. Ecclesiastes 11:4 יִזְרָ֑ע he will sow

    He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

  2. Ecclesiastes 11:6 זְרַ֣ע sow

    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

Isaiah · 7
  1. Isaiah 17:10 תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃ you sow it

    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

  2. Isaiah 28:24 לִזְרֹ֑עַ to sow

    Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

  3. Isaiah 30:23 תִּזְרַ֣ע you will sow

    Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

  4. Isaiah 32:20 זֹרְעֵ֖י O [those who] sow

    Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

  5. Isaiah 37:30 זִרְע֧וּ sow

    And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

  6. Isaiah 40:24 זֹרָ֔עוּ they have been sown

    No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

  7. Isaiah 55:10 לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ to the sower

    For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

Jeremiah · 6
  1. Jeremiah 2:2 זְרוּעָֽה׃ sown

    “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

  2. Jeremiah 4:3 תִּזְרְע֖וּ you sow

    For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.

  3. Jeremiah 12:13 זָרְע֤וּ people have sown

    They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

  4. Jeremiah 31:27 וְזָרַעְתִּ֗י and I will sow

    “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

  5. Jeremiah 35:7 תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ you must sow

    Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

  6. Jeremiah 50:16 זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ [the] sower

    Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.

Ezekiel · 1
  1. Ezekiel 36:9 וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם׃ and you will be sown

    For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Hosea · 3
  1. Hosea 2:23 וּזְרַעְתִּ֤יהָ and I will sow her

    And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

  2. Hosea 8:7 יִזְרָ֖עוּ they sow

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

  3. Hosea 10:12 זִרְע֨וּ sow

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Micah · 1
  1. Micah 6:15 תִזְרַ֖ע you will sow

    You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

Nahum · 1
  1. Nahum 1:14 יִזָּרַ֥ע it will be sown

    The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”

Haggai · 1
  1. Haggai 1:6 זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם you have sown

    You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

Zechariah · 1
  1. Zechariah 10:9 וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ and I will sow them

    Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

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