Plant
λάχανονStrong’s G3001lachanon
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Lachanon is the Greek word usually translated “garden plants”, “herb” and “vegetables”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “garden plants”, “herb” and “vegetables”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- garden plants 2
- herb 1
- vegetables 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 4:32But 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.
- Luke 11:42But 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.
- Romans 14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Greek dictionary
λάχανον lachanon · plant
λάχανον, -ου, τό (λαχαίνω, to dig), [in LXX: Gen.9:3; 3Ki.21:2, Psa.37:2, Pro.15:17 (יֶרֶק, יָרָק) * ;] a garden herb, vegetable: Luk.11:42; usually in pl., Mat.13:32, Mrk.4:32, Rom.14:2.† SYN.: βοτάνη, q.v (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLANT, noun
[Latin planta; splendeo, splendor.]
- A vegetable; an organic body, destitute of sense and spontaneous motion, adhering to another body in such a manner as to draw from it its nourishment, and having the power of propagating itself by seeds; 'whose seed is in itself.' This definition may not be perfectly correct, as it respects all plants, for some marine plants grow without being attached to any fixed body.
- A sapling.
- In Scripture, a child; a descendant; the inhabitant of a country. Psalms 144:12Jeremiah 48:32
- The sole of the foot. [Little used.]
All definitions and other forms of “plant”
PLANT, verb transitive
To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maiz.
- To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree or a vegetable with roots.
- To engender; to set the germ of any thing that may increase.
- To set; to fix.
- To settle; to fix the first inhabitants; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
- To furnish with plants; to lay out and prepare with plants; as, to plant a garden or an orchard.
- To set and direct or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort.
- To introduce and establish; as, to plant christianity among the heathen.“I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase” 1 Corinthians 3:6
- To unite to Christ and fix in a state of fellowship with him. Psalms 92:13
PLANT, verb intransitive
To perform the act of planting.
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.