03-16-2015, 08:03 PM
Semiticism: seed of _________ = descended from _________, literally or metaphorically
NT instances quoting Semites are less-impressive than narrative portions, e.g. Paul's use of the Semiticism in his letters to various churches.
1 Chronicles 16:13 (KJV)
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O ye seed of Israel his servant,
ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them,
and their offspring before their eyes.
Psalm 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue,
and their seed shall be established before thee.
Psalm 105:6
O ye seed of Abraham his servant,
ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Isaiah 44:3
?.I will pour my spirit upon thy seed,
and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God,
and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity
between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him;
he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed,
he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Romans 9:29
And as Esaias said before,
Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
we had been as Sodoma,
and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law?
It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to [about?] whom the promise was made;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
'SEED'/ AN OFFSPRING FOR A BROTHER
Matthew 22:24
Saying, Master, Moses said,
If a man die, having no children,
his brother shall marry his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke 20:28
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us,
If any man's brother die, having a wife,
and he die without children,
that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark 12:19
Master, Moses wrote unto us,
If a man's brother die,
and leave his wife behind him,
and leave no children,
that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark 12:20
Now there were seven brethren:
and the first took a wife,
and dying left no seed.
Mark 12:21
And the second took her, and died,
neither left he any seed:
and the third likewise.
Mark 12:22
And the seven had her,
and left no seed:
last of all the woman died also.
Compare:
Genesis 38:8
And Judah said unto Onan,
Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her,
and raise up seed to thy brother.
Genesis 38:9
And Onan knew that the seed [offspring] should not be his;
and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife,
that he spilled it [his semen] on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother.
ABRAHAM'S 'SEED'/ DESCENDANTS
Luke 1:55
As he spake to our fathers,
to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee
and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee.
John 8:33
They answered him,
We be Abraham's seed,
and were never in bondage to any man:
how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed;
but ye seek to kill me,
because my word hath no place in you.
Acts 3:25
Ye are the children of the prophets,
and of the covenant which God made with our fathers,
saying unto Abraham,
And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Acts 7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it,
no, not so much as to set his foot on:
yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession,
and to his seed after him,
when as yet he had no child.
Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set the land before you:
go in and possess the land which
the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That
his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that
they should bring them into bondage,
and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram,
Know of a surety that
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs,
and shall serve them;
and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law,
but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:16
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace;
to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law,
but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;
who is the father of us all,
Romans 4:18
Who against hope believed in hope,
that he [Abraham] might become the father of many nations,
according to that which was spoken,
So shall thy seed be.
Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham,
are they all children: but,
In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8
That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
these are not the children of God:
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Romans 11:1
I say then, Hath God cast away his people?
God forbid.
For I also am an Israelite,
of the seed of Abraham,
of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? so am I.
Are they Israelites? so am I.
Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many;
but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
Hebrews 11:11
Through faith also Sara [Abraham's wife] herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age,
because she judged him [God] faithful who had promised.
Genesis 17:19
And God said,
Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed;
and thou shalt call his name Isaac:
and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant,
and with his seed after him.
Hebrews 11:18
Of whom it was said, That
in Isaac shall thy [Abraham's] seed be called:
DAVID'S 'SEED'/ DESCENDANTS
John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That
Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem,
where David was?
Acts 13:22
Of this man's [David's] seed hath God according to his promise
raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
2 Timothy 2:8
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David
was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David,
Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn
both of us in the name of the Lord, saying,
The Lord be between me and thee,
and between my seed and thy seed for ever. ?.
2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled,
and thou [David] shalt sleep with thy fathers,
I will set up thy seed after thee,
which shall proceed out of thy bowels,
and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king:
and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
1 Kings 2:33
Their blood shall therefore return
upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever:
but upon David, and upon his seed,
and upon his house, and upon his throne,
shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.
1 Kings 11:39
And I will for this afflict the seed of David,
but not for ever.
Psalm 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king;
and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Jeremiah 33:22
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
neither the sand of the sea measured:
so will I multiply the seed of David my servant,
and the Levites that minister unto me.
Jeremiah 33:26
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant,
so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers
over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:
for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.
'SEED' USED AS IN 'NATURE OF'
?: any parallels from the OT?
Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
1 Peter 1:23
Being born again,
not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible,
by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 John 3:9 Note also the chiastic structure.
Whosoever is born of God
doth not commit sin;
for his seed remaineth in him:
and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.
NT instances quoting Semites are less-impressive than narrative portions, e.g. Paul's use of the Semiticism in his letters to various churches.
1 Chronicles 16:13 (KJV)
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O ye seed of Israel his servant,
ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them,
and their offspring before their eyes.
Psalm 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue,
and their seed shall be established before thee.
Psalm 105:6
O ye seed of Abraham his servant,
ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Isaiah 44:3
?.I will pour my spirit upon thy seed,
and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God,
and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity
between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him;
he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed,
he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Romans 9:29
And as Esaias said before,
Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
we had been as Sodoma,
and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law?
It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to [about?] whom the promise was made;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
'SEED'/ AN OFFSPRING FOR A BROTHER
Matthew 22:24
Saying, Master, Moses said,
If a man die, having no children,
his brother shall marry his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke 20:28
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us,
If any man's brother die, having a wife,
and he die without children,
that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark 12:19
Master, Moses wrote unto us,
If a man's brother die,
and leave his wife behind him,
and leave no children,
that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark 12:20
Now there were seven brethren:
and the first took a wife,
and dying left no seed.
Mark 12:21
And the second took her, and died,
neither left he any seed:
and the third likewise.
Mark 12:22
And the seven had her,
and left no seed:
last of all the woman died also.
Compare:
Genesis 38:8
And Judah said unto Onan,
Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her,
and raise up seed to thy brother.
Genesis 38:9
And Onan knew that the seed [offspring] should not be his;
and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife,
that he spilled it [his semen] on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother.
ABRAHAM'S 'SEED'/ DESCENDANTS
Luke 1:55
As he spake to our fathers,
to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee
and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee.
John 8:33
They answered him,
We be Abraham's seed,
and were never in bondage to any man:
how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed;
but ye seek to kill me,
because my word hath no place in you.
Acts 3:25
Ye are the children of the prophets,
and of the covenant which God made with our fathers,
saying unto Abraham,
And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Acts 7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it,
no, not so much as to set his foot on:
yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession,
and to his seed after him,
when as yet he had no child.
Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set the land before you:
go in and possess the land which
the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That
his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that
they should bring them into bondage,
and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram,
Know of a surety that
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs,
and shall serve them;
and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law,
but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:16
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace;
to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law,
but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;
who is the father of us all,
Romans 4:18
Who against hope believed in hope,
that he [Abraham] might become the father of many nations,
according to that which was spoken,
So shall thy seed be.
Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham,
are they all children: but,
In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8
That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
these are not the children of God:
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Romans 11:1
I say then, Hath God cast away his people?
God forbid.
For I also am an Israelite,
of the seed of Abraham,
of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? so am I.
Are they Israelites? so am I.
Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many;
but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
Hebrews 11:11
Through faith also Sara [Abraham's wife] herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age,
because she judged him [God] faithful who had promised.
Genesis 17:19
And God said,
Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed;
and thou shalt call his name Isaac:
and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant,
and with his seed after him.
Hebrews 11:18
Of whom it was said, That
in Isaac shall thy [Abraham's] seed be called:
DAVID'S 'SEED'/ DESCENDANTS
John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That
Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem,
where David was?
Acts 13:22
Of this man's [David's] seed hath God according to his promise
raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
2 Timothy 2:8
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David
was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David,
Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn
both of us in the name of the Lord, saying,
The Lord be between me and thee,
and between my seed and thy seed for ever. ?.
2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled,
and thou [David] shalt sleep with thy fathers,
I will set up thy seed after thee,
which shall proceed out of thy bowels,
and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king:
and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
1 Kings 2:33
Their blood shall therefore return
upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever:
but upon David, and upon his seed,
and upon his house, and upon his throne,
shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.
1 Kings 11:39
And I will for this afflict the seed of David,
but not for ever.
Psalm 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king;
and sheweth mercy to his anointed,
to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Jeremiah 33:22
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
neither the sand of the sea measured:
so will I multiply the seed of David my servant,
and the Levites that minister unto me.
Jeremiah 33:26
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant,
so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers
over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:
for I will cause their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.
'SEED' USED AS IN 'NATURE OF'
?: any parallels from the OT?
Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
1 Peter 1:23
Being born again,
not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible,
by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 John 3:9 Note also the chiastic structure.
Whosoever is born of God
doth not commit sin;
for his seed remaineth in him:
and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.