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Strong's #3001 - λάχανον
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λάχᾰνον [ λᾰ], τό,
mostly in pl.,
1. garden-herbs, opp. wild plants, vegetables, Cratin. 313, Epicr. 11.15, al., Pl. R. 372c, Thphr. HP 1.3.1, etc.; but also λ. ἄγρια Ar. Th. 456, Pl. 298: sg. is rarer, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδὲν.. ὁρῶ not a single herb, Cratin. 191; ὥστε μηδὲ λ. γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ κήπῳ D. 50.61; ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ, i.e. the lettuce, Eub. 14, cf. 54, Epicr. 11.25.
2. in pl. also, the vegetable-market, Ar. Lys. 557, Alex. 46.8, Diph. 32.22.
λάχανον, λαχανου, τό (from λαχαίνω to dig; hence, herbs grown on land cultivated by digging; garden-herbs, as opposed to wild plants); any potherb, vegetables: Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:32; Luke 11:42; Romans 14:2; (1 Kings 20:2 (
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λάχανον , -ου , τό
(λαχαίνω , to dig),
[in LXX: Genesis 9:3; 1 Kings 21:2, Psalms 37:2, Proverbs 15:17 (H3418, H3419) *;]
a garden herb, vegetable: Luke 11:42; usually in pl., Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32, Romans 14:2.†
SYN.: βοτάνη G1008, q.v.
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P Hib I. 54.26 (c B.C. 245) λάχανα π [αντ ]αο ̣δαπά, ";vegetables of all kinds,"; BGU I. 22.22 (A.D. 114) (= Selections, p. 75) ἀπὸ τιμῆς ὧν πέπρακον λαχάνων, ";from the price of the vegetables I had sold,"; P Oxy III. 522.18 (ii/A.D.) τιμ (ῆς) λαχ (άνων) τοῖς αὐ (τοῖς) . . . . (τετρώβολον), ";price of vegetables for the same, 4 obols."; In P Fay 119.38 (c. A.D. 100) πέμσις τὰ κτήνη κοπρηγεῖν εἰς τὸ λάχανον τῆς Ψινάχεως, the word is =";vegetable ground."; For λαχανεία, as in Deuteronomy 11:10, cf. BGU IV. 1119.25 (B.C. 5) ποτίζων τοῖς δέουσι ποτισμοῖς κ ̣α ̣τ ̣α ̣νε ̣υ ̣ω ̣ν (?) τῇ κατὰ καιρὸν λαχανείᾳ, for λαχανοπώλης cf. BGU I. 22.3 (ut s.), and for λαχανόσπερμος cf. ib. II. 454.13 (A.D. 193) ἐβάσταξαν ἡμῶν θήκας λαχανοσπέρμ ̣[ο ]υ ̣ εἰς ἕτερον ψυγμὸν (cf. Ezekiel 26:5; Ezekiel 26:14) οὐκ [ἔλα ]τ ̣τον θηκῶν δέκα δύο. MGr λάχανα, ";vegetables,"; or ";herbs generally.";
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