βάϊον (others also βάϊον (or even βάϊον, Chandler edition 1, p. 272); on its derivation (from the Egyptian) cf. Stephanus' Thesaurus under the word βάϊς), βαιου, τό, a palm-branch; with τῶν φονικων added (so Test xii. Patr. test. Naph. § 5) (after the fashion of οἰκοδεσπότης τῆς οἰκίας, ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 603 (561))), Joh_12:13. (A Biblical and ecclesiastical word: 1Ma_13:51; Son_7:8 Symm.; Lev_23:40 unknown translation. In the Greek church Palm-Sunday is called ἡ κυριακῇ τῶν βαΐων. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis Lexicons of the N. T., p. 18ff; (Sturz, Dial. Maced. etc., p. 88f; especially Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).)

βάϊον baion 1x a palm branch, Joh_12:13βαΐμον

**† βαΐον , ου , τό (also βὰϊον , another form of βὰϊς , from the Egyptian), [in LXX : 1Ma_13:51 * ;] ( freq . in Egyptian Papyri, v. MM , Exp., x); a palm-branch: Joh_12:13 ( DB , i, 314).†

βαΐον [page 102] This word, apparently of Egyptian origin, which is found in Bibl. Grk only in 1Ma_13:51 , Joh_12:13 , occurs in the late P Flor I. 37 .3 (v/vi A.D.) δικαίῳ βαΐῳ , of a palm branch used as a measuring rod. βαία is quoted in P Tebt II. p. 69 from a text edited by Wessely; and βαΐων occurs in P Leid V vii. 17 , but with βαΐς as nom. in preceding line. The form βαΐον is presumed by the compounds βαιοφορεῖν and βαιοφορία : see P Tebt II. 294 .10 (application for the purchase of a priestly office A.D. 146), where the writer promises to carry the β . and perform all the other needful offices, also 295 .11 (A.D. 126 38) and 599 (ii/A.D.). For the form βαΐς see P Lond 131 recto .384 (A.D. 78 9) (= I. p. 181) βαεῖς , P Oxy IX. 1211 .8 (ii/A.D.) βαῒς χλωρᾶς ῑς̄ (cf. P Leid W vi. 50 ii/iii A.D. λαβὼν βαῒν χλωράν ), and BGU II. 362 (A.D. 215) ter in the phrase ὑπὸ δένδρα καὶ βαΐς : Wilcken Chrest. I. p. 128 prints β [ᾶις ] ought it to be acc. pl. βαεῖς ? In view of the above evidence the word makes yet another deduction from the fast vanishing list of bibl. and eccles. words in Grimm.

βαΐον, ου, τό (also βὰϊον, another form of βὰϊς, from the Egyptian), [in LXX: 1Ma.13:51 * ;] (frequently in Egyptian π., see MM, Exp., x) a palm-branch: Jhn.12:13 (DB, i, 314).† (AS)