To sprout
βλαστάνωStrong’s G0985blastanō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Blastanō is the Greek word usually translated “sprouted”, “may sprout” and “having budded”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sprouted”, “may sprout” and “having budded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sprouted 1
- may sprout 1
- having budded 1
- produced 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Hebrews 1
- James 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
- Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
- James 5:18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Greek dictionary
βλαστάνω blastanō · to sprout
βλαστάνω, [in LXX for צמח, etc. ;] 1. to sprout: Mat.13:26, Mrk.4:27, Heb.9:4. 2. In late Gk., causal, to make to grow, produce: with accusative, Jas.5:18. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sprout” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPROUT, verb intransitive
[G.]
- To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots.
- To shoot into ramifications.
- To grow, like shoots of plants.
All definitions and other forms of “sprout”
SPROUT, noun
- The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed or from the stump or from the root of a plant or tree.
- A shoot from the end of a branch.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.