Quick Definition
an herb, garden plant
Strong's Definition
a vegetable
Derivation: from (to dig);
KJV Usage: herb
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λάχανον, λαχανου, τό (from λαχαίνω to dig; hence, herbs grown on land cultivated by digging; garden-herbs, as opposed to wild plants); any potherb, vegetables: Mat_13:32; Mar_4:32; Luk_11:42; Rom_14:2; (1Ki_20:2 (); Gen_9:3; Psa_36:2 (), etc.; Aristophanes, Plato, Plutarch, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λάχανον lachanon 4x
a garden herb, vegetable, Mat_13:32 ; Mar_4:32 ; Luk_11:42 ; Rom_14:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λάχανον , -ου , τό
(λαχαίνω , to dig ),
[in LXX : Gen_9:3 ; 1Ki_21:2 , Psa_37:2 , Pro_15:17 ( H3418 , H3419 ) * ;]
a garden herb, vegetable: Luk_11:42 ; usually in pl ., Mat_13:32 , Mar_4:32 , Rom_14:2 .†
SYN.: βοτάνη G1008 , q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λάχανον [page 371]
P Hib I. 54 .26 ( c B.C. 245) λάχανα π [αντ ]αο̣δαπά , vegetables of all kinds, BGU I. 22 .22 (A.D. 114) (= Selections , p. 75) ἀπὸ τιμῆς ὧν πέπρακον λαχάνων , from the price of the vegetables I had sold, P Oxy III. 522 .18 (ii/A.D.) τιμ (ῆς ) λαχ (άνων ) τοῖς αὐ (τοῖς ) . . . . (τετρώβολον ), price of vegetables for the same, 4 obols. In P Fay 119 .38 ( c. A.D. 100) πέμσις τὰ κτήνη κοπρηγεῖν εἰς τὸ λάχανον τῆς Ψινάχεως , the word is = vegetable ground. For λαχανεία , as in Deu_11:10 , cf. BGU IV. 1119 .25 (B.C. 5) ποτίζων τοῖς δέουσι ποτισμοῖς κ̣α̣τ̣α̣νε̣υ̣ω̣ν (?) τῇ κατὰ καιρὸν λαχανείᾳ , for λαχανοπώλης cf. BGU I. 22 .3 ( ut s. ), and for λαχανόσπερμος cf. ib. II. 454 .13 (A.D. 193) ἐβάσταξαν ἡμῶν θήκας λαχανοσπέρμ̣[ο ]υ̣ εἰς ἕτερον ψυγμὸν (cf. Eze_26:5 ; Eze_26:14 ) οὐκ [ἔλα ]τ̣τον θηκῶν δέκα δύο . MGr λάχανα , vegetables, or herbs generally.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λάχανον λάχα^νον, ου, τό, [Etym: λα^χαίνω] mostly in pl. "garden-herbs, potherbs, vegetables, greens", Lat. olera, Plat. , etc. in pl. also, "the vegetable-market, green-market", Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)
