Speiro denotes putting seed out to grow, also used for words, conduct, and the body in resurrection imagery.

The verb most often names the act of putting seed into a field or ground, whether in direct agricultural statements or in parables built on that action. The same sowing image is applied to the word received by people, to conduct and its resulting harvest, and to the body’s condition before it is raised.

1. Putting seed into ground or a field · dominant

   Present active forms identify a sower going out and carrying out the action in Matthew 13:3 and Luke 8:5; the APB renders the scene, "the sower went out to sow." Aorist and passive forms likewise concern seed placed in a field or earth in Matthew 13:31 and Mark 4:31, while Matthew 6:26 contrasts birds that do not perform this action with reaping and gathering.

   Matthew 13:3Luke 8:5Matthew 13:31Mark 4:31Matthew 13:27Matthew 6:26
2. Sowing imagery for the word and its reception · common

   In Mark 4:14, the present active participle and indicative describe the sower’s action toward "the word." Passive participles in Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:20, and Matthew 13:23 identify what has been sown in relation to the heart or to differing soils; the APB renders the good-soil case as one who hears, understands, and bears fruit.

   Mark 4:14Matthew 13:19Matthew 13:20Matthew 13:22Matthew 13:23Mark 4:20
3. Figurative action followed by a harvest · occasional

   In Galatians 6:7, the present active subjunctive occurs in the statement that whatever a person does in this pattern, that person will also reap. Galatians 6:8 contrasts sowing "to his own flesh" and sowing "to the spirit," while 1 Corinthians 9:11 describes spiritual things sown among the recipients and 2 Corinthians 9:6 pairs sparse or abundant sowing with corresponding reaping.

   Galatians 6:7Galatians 6:81 Corinthians 9:112 Corinthians 9:6James 3:18John 4:36
4. The body’s condition before being raised · rare

   In 1 Corinthians 15:42, the present passive indicative is used of the dead in the clause the APB renders, "it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption." The same passive form marks being sown in dishonor and weakness in 1 Corinthians 15:43 and as a natural body in 1 Corinthians 15:44, each set against being raised.

   1 Corinthians 15:421 Corinthians 15:431 Corinthians 15:44

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses forms of "sow" and "sown," including agricultural scenes and figurative clauses about the word, righteousness, and resurrection. Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, its English wording only confirms these clause-level uses.