What Does “Seed” Mean in the Bible?
What is sown so that a plant will grow.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 1:11; Exodus 16:31
What the Bible says
Genesis 1:11
And he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
Exodus 16:31
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed white, and the taste thereof like to flour with honey.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “seed”