Spora denotes the imperishable seed contrasted with perishable seed in the description of new birth.

The attested use places spora in a contrast between perishable and imperishable seed within the statement that its readers have been born again.

1. Seed in a perishable–imperishable contrast · dominant

   In 1 Peter 1:23, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the contrast “not of perishable seed but of imperishable” as the verse describes being born again. The APB renders the clause “not of perishable seed but of imperishable.”

   1 Peter 1:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Peter 1:23, the APB presents the term within “not of perishable seed but of imperishable”; The term's precise English correspondence is not isolated beyond that contrast.