Strong's Lexicon
G4237 — πρασιά
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4237 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρασιά |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | perhaps from prason (a leek, and so an onion-patch) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | prasia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pras-ee-ah' |
| Meaning: | 1. a garden plot 2. (by implication, of regular beds) a row (repeated in plural by Hebraism, to indicate an arrangement) |
| KJV Renderings: | in ranks |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρασιά, πρασιας, ἡ, a plot of ground, a garden-bed, Homer, Odyssey 7, 127; 24, 247; Theophrastus, hist. plant. 4, 4, 3; Nicander, Dioscorides (?), others; Sir 24:31; ἀνέπεσον πρασιαί πρασιαί (a Hebraism), i. e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that the several ranks formed, as it were, separate plots, Mar 6:40; cf. Gesenius, Lehrgeb., p. 669; (Hebrew Gram. § 106, 4; Buttmann, 30 (27); Winer’s Grammar, 464 (432) also) § 37, 3; (where add from the O. T. συνήγαγον αὐτούς θημωνιας θημωνιας, Exo 8:14).