Plant

Plant - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

PLANT, n. [L. planta; splendeo, splendor.]

1. A vegetable; an organic body, destitute of sense and spontaneous motion, adhering to another body in such a manner as to draw from it its nourishment, and having the power of propagating itself by seeds; ""whose seed is in itself."" Gen 1. This definition may not be perfectly correct, as it respects all plants, for some marine plants grow without being attached to any fixed body.

The woody or dicotyledonous plants consist of three parts; the bark or exterior coat, which covers the wood; the wood which is hard and constitutes the principal part; and the pith or center of the stem. In monocotyledonous plants, the ligneous or fibrous parts, and the pithy or parenchymatous, are equally distributed through the whole internal substance; and in the lower plants, funguses, sea weed, _c. the substance is altogether parenchymatous. By means of proper vessels, the nourishing juices are distributed to every part of the plant. In its most general sense, plant comprehends all vegetables, trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, _c. In popular language,the word is generally applied to the smaller species of vegetables.

2. A sapling.

3. In Scripture, a child; a descendant; the inhabitant of a country. Psa 144. Jer 48.

4. The sole of the foot. [Little used.]

Sea-plant, a plant that grows in the sea or in salt water; sea weed.

Sensitive plant, a plant that shrinks on being touched,the mimosa.

PLANT, v.t. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maiz.

1. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree or a vegetable with roots.

2. To engender; to set the germ of any thing that may increase.

It engenders choler, planteth anger.

3. To set; to fix.

His standard planted on Laurentum's towers.

4. To settle; to fix the first inhabitants; to establish; as, to plant a colony.

5. To furnish with plants; to lay out and prepare with plants; as, to plant a garden or an orchard.

6. To set and direct or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort.

7. To introduce and establish; as, to plant christianity among the heathen.

I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 1 Cor 3.

8. To unite to Christ and fix in a state of fellowship with him. Psa 92.

PLANT, v.i. To perform the act of planting.

Planted - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

PLANT'ED, pp. Set in the earth for propagation; set; fixed; introduced; established.

1. Furnished with seeds or plants for growth; as a planted field.

2. Furnished with the first inhabitants; settled; as territory planted with colonists.

3. Filled or furnished with what is new.

A man in all the world's new fashion planted. [See Def.3.]

Sow - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SOW, n.

1. The female of the hog kind or of swine.

2. An oblong piece of lead.

3. An insect; a milleped.

SOW'-BREAD, n. A plant of the genus Cyclamen.

SOW'-BUG, n. An insect; a milleped.

Sower - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SOWER, n.

1. He that scatters seed for propagation. Behold, a sower went forth to sow. Mat 13.

2. One who scatters or spreads; as a sower of words.

3. A breeder; a promoter; as a sower of suits.

Sowing - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SOWING, ppr. Scattering, as seed; sprinkling with seed, as ground; stocking with seed.

SOWING, n. The act of scattering seed for propagation.

sou.

See SWINE.

so'-er, so'-ing.

See AGRICULTURE.

Definition

To “sow” means to put seeds on top of or in the ground in order to grow plants. A “sower” is a person who sows or plants seeds. A “plant” is generally something that grows and is attached to the ground.

• One method of sowing or planting seeds during biblical times was to take handfuls of seeds and scatter them on the ground.
• Farmers would often plow the ground on which they had sown seeds after they had sown the seeds. The reason farmers would plow the ground after they had sown the seed is so that the seed would be covered with soil.
• Sometimes farmers may have plowed the field that they sowed seeds in both before and after sowing seeds.

Translations Suggestions

• The term to “sow” could also be translated as to “plant.” Make sure the word or phrase you use to translate this term refers to, or can include, planting seeds by scattering them because this is the method of sowing that Jesus was referring to in his parable in Matthew 13:3-23, Mark 4:2-20, and Luke 8:4-8 where he describes a sower who sowed seeds.
• Other ways to translate “sower” could include “planter” or “farmer” or “person who plants seeds.”
• In English, “sow” is only used for planting seeds, but the English word “plant” can be used for planting seeds as well as larger things, such as trees. Other languages may also use different words, depending on what is being planted.

(See also: harvest)

Bible References

• Luke 8:5
• Matthew 6:25-26
• Matthew 13:4
• Matthew 13:19
• Matthew 25:24

Word Data

• Strong’s: H2221, H2232, H2233, H2236, H4218, H4302, H5193, H7971, H8362, G46870, G47030, G54520