Strong's Lexicon
G3001 — λάχανον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3001 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λάχανον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from lachaino "to dig" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | lachanon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lakh'-an-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a vegetable |
| KJV Renderings: | herb |
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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.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λάχανον (herb)
Matthew 13:32
- KJV: Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof
- GK: ο μικρότερον μεν εστι πάντων των σπερμάτων όταν δε αυξηθή μείζον των λαχάνων εστί και γίνεται δένδρον ώστε ελθείν τα πετεινά του ουρανού και κατασκηνούν εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού
Mark 4:32
- KJV: But when it is sown it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs and shooteth out great branches so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it
- GK: και όταν σπαρή αναβαίνει και γίνεται πάντων των λαχάνων μείζων και ποιεί κλάδους μεγάλους ώστε δύνασθαι υπό την σκιάν αυτού τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατασκηνούν
Luke 11:42
- KJV: But woe unto you Pharisees for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs and pass over judgment and the love of God these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone
- GK: αλλ΄ ουαί υμίν τοις Φαρισαίος ότι αποδεκατούτε το ηδύοσμον και το πήγανον και παν λάχανον και παρέρχεσθε την κρίσιν και την αγάπην του θεού ταύτα έδει ποιήσαι κακείνα μη αφιέναι
Romans 14:2
- KJV: For one believeth that he may eat all things another who is weak eateth herbs
- GK: ος μεν πιστεύει φαγείν πάντα ο δε ασθενών λάχανα εσθίει
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