Leaf
φύλλονStrong’s G5444phullon
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phullon is the Greek word usually translated “leaves”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.”
Meaning
Usually translated “leaves”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- leaves 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Mark 11:13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
- Mark 13:28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
- Revelation 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Greek dictionary
φύλλον phullon · leaf
φύλλον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for עָלֶה ;] a leaf: Mat.21:19 24:32, Mrk.11:13 13:28, Rev.22:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “leaf” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEAF, noun
plural leaves.
- In botany, leaves are organs of perspiration and inhalation in plants.
- The thin, extended part of a flower; a petal.
- A part of a book containing two pages.
- The side of a double door.
All definitions and other forms of “leaf”
- Something resembling a leaf in thinness and extension; a very thin plate; as gold leaf
- The movable side of a table.
LEAF, verb intransitive
To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves. The trees leaf in May.
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.