Quick Definition
πήγανον, ου, τό n.n. rue, a plant used for flavoring food
Strong's Definition
rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)
Derivation: from G4078 (πήγνυμι);
KJV Usage: rue
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
3.22 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees
rue an evergreen aromatic plant used for seasoning In the parallel passage (MAT 23:23) ἄνηθον ‘dill’ and κύμινον ‘cumin’ occur (see 3.24-3.25).
In designating ‘rue’ as well as ἡδύοσμον 'mint', ἄνηθον ‘dill,’ and κύμινον ‘cumin,’ it is probably wise to borrow a term and use a classifier, for example, ‘a seasoning herb called rue.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πήγανον, -ov, τό, [thought to be fr. πήγνυμε to make solid, on account of its thick, fleshy leaves; οἵ. Vanicek p- 457], rue: Lk. xi. 42. (Theophr. hist. plant. 1, 3, 4; Dioscorid. 3, 45 (52); Plut., al.) [B. D.s.v.; Tristram, Nat. Hist. etc. p.478; Carruthers in the “ Bible Educator,” iii. 216 sq.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πήγανον pēganon 1x
rue, a plant, ruta graveolens of Linnaeus, Lk. 11:42*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πήγανον, -ου, τό, rue: Lk 11:42.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πήγανον. On the use of πήγανον, ‘rue,’ in Lk τι ἢ instead of ἄνηθον. ‘‘anise,” in Mt 2335, as a proof that Luke here used a Semitic source and misread NJBY for NNAL’, see Nestle Exp T xv. p. 528, and ZNTIV vii. (1906) p. 260f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πήγανον (pēganon) — rue. πήγᾰνον, τό, rue, Ruta graveolens, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ὀρεινόν, ἄγριον, mountain rue, Ruta halepensis, [Refs 1st c.AD+], i.e. scarcely at the edge or beginning of a thing, because these herbs were planted for borders in gardens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare περίκηπος.