Strong G985βλαστάνω
to sprout
- Transliteration
- blastanō
- Pronunciation
- blas-tan'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From βλαστός blastos (a sprout); to germinate; by implication to yield fruit: - bring forth bud spring (up).
Detailed definition
βλαστάνω,
[in LXX for צמח, etc.;]
1. to sprout: Mat.13:26, Mrk.4:27, Heb.9:4.
2. In late Gk., causal, to make to grow, produce: with accusative, Jas.5:18.
† (AS)
[in LXX for צמח, etc.;]
1. to sprout: Mat.13:26, Mrk.4:27, Heb.9:4.
2. In late Gk., causal, to make to grow, produce: with accusative, Jas.5:18.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G985 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bring1
- bud1
- spring1
- sprung1
First verses
- Matthew 13:26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
- Mark 4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
- Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
- James 5:18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βλαστάνω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611, etc.)] (later βλαστέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.17.4 (interpolated in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 589)], corrupt in passive -ουμένη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 255.7)))]; Ionic dialect imperfect βλαστάνεσκε (variant{βλάστεσκεν}) [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 546)]: future βλαστήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.2, βλαστήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. 12)]: aorist 2 ἔβλαστον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 341, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.10, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 26, etc. (not in _Attic dialect_))]: perfect βεβλάστηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Oss.” 12, 5th c.BC: Hellanicus Historicus 1 (b) 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.684c; ἐβλάστηκα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 594 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 329)]: pluperfect ἐβεβλαστήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.26)]:—bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 594, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 697 (Lyric poetry), Th.[same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1124, etc.)]; ἦ βλαστὸς οὐκ ἔβλαστε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 341; εἰς ἴα σου.., καὶ ἐς κρίνα βλαστήσειεν ὀστέα “IG” 14.607 (from Carales).)]
2 metaphoricallyin Poets, shoot forth, come to light, βλάστε νᾶσος ἐξ ἁλός, of Rhodes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.69)]; of children, to be born, [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 8.7)]; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών born in man's nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 761, compare “OT” 1376, “El.” 440; ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ᾽ ἔβλαστε [prev. author] “Ant.” 296; β. δ᾽ ἀπιστία [prev. author] “OC” 611; μέγιστ᾽ ἔβλαστε νόμιμα [prev. author] “El.” 1095 (Lyric poetry))]; not common in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498b, “Phdr.” 251b, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.28.)]
II causal, make to grow, produce, propagate, in present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 54: _metaphorically_, β. χάριτες εὔνοιαν Aristeas 230)]: mostly aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1131; θεὸς.. ἄμπελον ἐβλάστησεν 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 36.356, cf. LXX.Gen.1.11, LXX.Num.17.8)]:—passive, βλαστηθείς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.667.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611, etc.)] (later βλαστέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.17.4 (interpolated in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 589)], corrupt in passive -ουμένη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 255.7)))]; Ionic dialect imperfect βλαστάνεσκε (variant{βλάστεσκεν}) [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 546)]: future βλαστήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.2, βλαστήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. 12)]: aorist 2 ἔβλαστον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 341, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.10, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 26, etc. (not in _Attic dialect_))]: perfect βεβλάστηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Oss.” 12, 5th c.BC: Hellanicus Historicus 1 (b) 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.684c; ἐβλάστηκα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 594 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 329)]: pluperfect ἐβεβλαστήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.26)]:—bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 594, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 697 (Lyric poetry), Th.[same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1124, etc.)]; ἦ βλαστὸς οὐκ ἔβλαστε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 341; εἰς ἴα σου.., καὶ ἐς κρίνα βλαστήσειεν ὀστέα “IG” 14.607 (from Carales).)]
2 metaphoricallyin Poets, shoot forth, come to light, βλάστε νᾶσος ἐξ ἁλός, of Rhodes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.69)]; of children, to be born, [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 8.7)]; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών born in man's nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 761, compare “OT” 1376, “El.” 440; ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ᾽ ἔβλαστε [prev. author] “Ant.” 296; β. δ᾽ ἀπιστία [prev. author] “OC” 611; μέγιστ᾽ ἔβλαστε νόμιμα [prev. author] “El.” 1095 (Lyric poetry))]; not common in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498b, “Phdr.” 251b, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.28.)]
II causal, make to grow, produce, propagate, in present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 54: _metaphorically_, β. χάριτες εὔνοιαν Aristeas 230)]: mostly aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1131; θεὸς.. ἄμπελον ἐβλάστησεν 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 36.356, cf. LXX.Gen.1.11, LXX.Num.17.8)]:—passive, βλαστηθείς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.667.)]