Strong’s H2232 · Hebrew

זָרַע
zâraʻ
zaw-rah'

Definition

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • bear
  • conceive seed
  • set with sow(-er)
  • yield

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.