Strong's Concordance sinapi: mustard (a plant) Original Word: σίναπι, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: sinapi Phonetic Spelling: (sin'-ap-ee) Short Definition: mustard Definition: mustard (probably the shrub, not the herb). HELPS Word-studies 4615 sínapi – a mustard plant ("tree"), always used in connection with its seed (the smallest of all Palestinian seeds in common use). [The mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds that a Palestinian farmer would sow in his field. A mustard plant reaches a height of three meters (about ten feet). This is a huge plant when fully matured and bears very tiny seeds.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4615: σίναπισίναπι (also σινηπι (but not in the N. T.), both later for the Attic νᾶπυ (so accented in late authors, better νᾶπυ), see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 288) (thought to be of Egyptian origin; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word νᾶπυ), σινάπεως (Buttmann, 14 (13)), τό, mustard, the name of a plant which in oriental countries grows from a very small seed and attains to the height of 'a tree' — ten feet and more; hence, a very small quantity of a thing is likened to a κόκκος σινάπεως (A. V. a grain of mustard seed), Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6; and also a thing which grows to a remarkable size, Matthew 13:31; Mark 4:31; Luke 13:19. (Cf. B. D., under the word Strong's Exhaustive Concordance mustard. Perhaps from sinomai (to hurt, i.e. Sting); mustard (the plant) -- mustard. Forms and Transliterations σιναπεως σινάπεως sinapeos sinapeōs sinápeos sinápeōsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46155 Occurrences σινάπεως — 5 Occ. Matthew 13:31 N-GNS GRK: οὐρανῶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως ὃν λαβὼν NAS: is like a mustard seed, KJV: to a grain of mustard seed, which INT: heavens to a grain of mustard which having taken Matthew 17:20 N-GNS Mark 4:31 N-GNS Luke 13:19 N-GNS Luke 17:6 N-GNS |
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