2 Corinthians 9:10
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)"
Word-by-Word Analysis
ἐπιχορηγέω
epichorēgéō
to furnish besides, i.e. fully supply, (figuratively) aid or contribute
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
זָרַע
zâraʻ
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
שָׁרַת
shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
זָרַע
zâraʻ
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
תְּבוּאָה
tᵉbûwʼâh
income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
תְּבוּאָה
tᵉbûwʼâh
income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Key Terms in This Verse
ἐπιχορηγέω epichorēgéō
to furnish besides, i.e. fully supply, (figuratively) aid or contribute
Study G2023 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →שָׁרַת shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
Study H8334 →Cross References
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that ...
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
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