Strong G3001λάχανον
plant
- Transliteration
- lachanon
- Pronunciation
- lakh'-an-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From λαχαίνω lachainō (to dig); a vegetable: - herb.
Detailed definition
λάχανον, -ου, τό
(λαχαίνω, to dig), [in LXX: Gen.9:3; 3Ki.21:2, Psa.37:2, Pro.15:17 (יֶרֶק, יָרָק) *;]
a garden herb, vegetable: Luk.11:42; usually in pl., Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:32, Rom.14:2.†
SYN.: βοτάνη, q.v (AS)
(λαχαίνω, to dig), [in LXX: Gen.9:3; 3Ki.21:2, Psa.37:2, Pro.15:17 (יֶרֶק, יָרָק) *;]
a garden herb, vegetable: Luk.11:42; usually in pl., Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:32, Rom.14:2.†
SYN.: βοτάνη, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3001 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- herb4
First verses
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Mark 4:32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
- Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Romans 14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λάχᾰνον [λᾰ], τό,
mostly in plural, garden-herbs, opposed to wild plants, vegetables, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 313, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.15, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.1, etc.; but also λ. ἄγρια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 456, “Pl.” 298: _sing._ is rarer, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδὲν.. ὁρῶ)] not a single herb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 191; ὥστε μηδὲ λ. γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ κήπῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.61)]; ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ, i.e. the lettuce, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 14, compare 54, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.25.)]
2 in plural also, the vegetable-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 557, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 46.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.22.)]
mostly in plural, garden-herbs, opposed to wild plants, vegetables, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 313, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.15, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.1, etc.; but also λ. ἄγρια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 456, “Pl.” 298: _sing._ is rarer, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδὲν.. ὁρῶ)] not a single herb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 191; ὥστε μηδὲ λ. γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ κήπῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.61)]; ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ, i.e. the lettuce, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 14, compare 54, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.25.)]
2 in plural also, the vegetable-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 557, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 46.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.22.)]