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Crop

βοτάνηStrong’s G1008

botanē

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Botanē is the Greek word usually translated “vegetation”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:”
Hebrews 6:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “vegetation”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • vegetation 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    βοτάνη botanē · crop

    βοτάνη, -ῆς, ἡ (βόσκω), [in LXX for עֵשֶׂב, דֶשֶׁא, חָצִיר ;] 1. grass, fodder. 2. green herb: Heb.6:7.† SYN.: λάχανον, a garden herb, a vegetable. (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “crop” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CROP, noun

    [G., Latin The crop of a fowl, and a crop of grain or hay are consistently the same word.]

    1. The first stomach of a fowl; the craw.
    2. The top or highest part of a thing; the end. [Not in use.]
    3. That which is gathered; the corn, or fruits of the earth collected; harvest.
    4. Corn and other cultivated plants while growing; a popular use of the word.
    All definitions and other forms of “crop”
    1. Any thing cut off or gathered.
    2. Hair cut close or short.

    CROP, verb transitive

    1. To cut off the ends of any thing; to eat off; to pull off; to pluck; to mow; to reap; as, to crop flowers, trees, or grass.
    2. To cut off prematurely; to gather before it falls.

    CROP, verb intransitive

    To yield harvest. [Not in use.]

      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.