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G432 ἄνηθον (ánēthon)

Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

ἄνηθον, ου, τό n.n. anise, dill

Strong's Definition

dill

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: anise

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου

3.24 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees

dill annual plant that can reach 50 cm in height; has fine leaves; yellow flowers form a shape like a covered cup; leaves and seeds have a pleasant, spicy smell; Anethum graveolens; garden herb, used in cooking In designating ‘dill’ as well as ἡδύοσμον ‘mint,’ πήγανον ‘rue,’ and κύμινον ‘cumin,’ it is probably wise to borrow a term and use a classifier, for example, ‘a seasoning herb called dill.’

MAT 23:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄνηθον, -ov, τό, dill, anise [(?); ef. BB.DD.s. v.; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 419 sq.]: Mt. xxiii. 23. (Arstph. nub. 982; [Aristot., al.]; often in Theophr. hist. pl.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄνηθον anēthon 1x

dill, an aromatic plant, Mt. 23:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἄνηθον, -ου, τό, anise: Mt 23:23.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄνηθον. δνὦ 804325 (perhaps ii/A.D.) & μετ᾽ ἐλαίου, for headache. P Oxy VIII. 1088®? (early i/a.p.), a collection of prescriptions, commends for a ὑπνωτικὸν πότημα "ὑοσκ[υάμον . . ,] ἀννήσου (δρ.) a, ὀπίου (τριώβολον) " μείξας δός, “᾿ soporific: . ,’ ἄνηκω henbane . . ., anise I dr. εἰς." (Ed.) This spelling is also found in P Ἀν] 11. 148?® (A.D. 40).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄνηθον (anēthon) — dill. ἄνηθον or ἄννηθον, τό, Aeolic dialect ἄνητον [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— dill, Anethum graveolens, [NT+5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

anise, dill , (Aristophanes Comicus); ionic ἄννησον or ἄνησον (Herdotus Historicus); aeolic ἄννητον, or ἄνητον, (Sapho). (ML)

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