SEED
(See DESCENDANTS)
literal use of:
♦ seed yielded from plants:
• Genesis 1:11-12 (cf. Isaiah 55:10)
♦ seed for planting:
• Genesis 47:19, 23
♦ laws concerning seed:
♦ sowing of seed:
seed used of offspring:
♦ seed of the serpent:
♦ seed of the woman:
• Genesis 3:15 (cf. Hebrews 2:14)
♦ seed of Abraham:
♦ seed of Israel:
♦ seed of David:
♦ seed of man:
• Jeremiah 31:27 (cf. Daniel 2:43)
♦ seed of beast:
seed used with other representations:
♦ the holy seed which represents the elect remnant of Israel:
♦ seed which has parabolic representation:
♦ mustard seed which represents faith:
♦ seed which represents the word of God:
♦ sown seed which represents the buried body that is raised in a different form:
♦ seed for sowing which represents Christian giving:
♦ the divine seed abiding in the believer:
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.