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G3001 λάχανον (láchanon)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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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)

Bible Occurrences (4)

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