Quick Definition
rue, a plant used for flavoring food
Strong's Definition
rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)
Derivation: from G4078 (πήγνυμι);
KJV Usage: rue
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πήγανον, πηγανου, τό (thought to be from πήγνυμι to make solid, on account of its thick, fleshy leaves; cf. Vanicek, p. 457), rue: Luk_11:42. (Theophrastus, hist. plant. 1, 3, 4; Dioscorid. 3, 45 (52); Plutarch, others) (B. D., under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc., p. 478; Carruthers in the Bible Educator, iii. 216f.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πήγανον pēganon 1x
rue, a plant, ruta graveolens of Linnaeus, Luk_11:42
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πήγανον , -ου , τό ,
περισσότερον , -ως , see περισσῶς G4057
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πήγανον [page 511]
On the use of πήγανον , rue, in Luk_11:42 instead of ἄνηθον , anise, in Mat_23:23 , as a proof that Luke here used a Semitic source and misread ωΡΗαΜΘψΘΰ for ωΡΔαΔϊΘΰ , see Nestle ExpT xv. p. 528, and ZNTW vii. (1906) p. 260 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πήγανον πήγα^νον, ου, τό, "rue", Lat. ruta:—proverb., οὐδ᾽ ἐν σελίνῳ οὐδ᾽ ἐν πηγάνῳ, i. e. scarcely at the "edge or beginning", because these herbs formed the "borders" of beds, Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πήγανον, -ου, τό
περισσότερον, -ως, see: περισσῶς
περισσῶς
adv. (περισσός) [in LXX: Psa.31:23 (יֶתֶר -עַל), Da TH Dan.7:7, 19 8:9 (יַתִּיר, יֶתֶר) 2Ma.8:27 2Mac 12:44 A * ;]
beyond measure, exceedingly, abundantly: Mat.27:23, Mrk.10:26 15:14, Act.26:11. Compar.
__(a) περισσότερον (see: περισσός);
__(b) περισσοτέρως: 2Co.1:12 2:4 7:15 11:23, Gal.1:14, Php.1:14, 1Th.2:17, Heb.2:1 13:19; π. μᾶλλον, 2Co.7:13; opposite to ἧττον, 2Co.12:15.†
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