What does λάχανον (láchanon) mean in the Bible?
λάχανον (láchanon) is a Greek word meaning "a vegetable".
Greek · G3001
λάχανον
A vegetable
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λάχανον G3001
Pronunciation láchanon
What does λάχανον (láchanon) mean in the Bible?
λάχανον (láchanon) is a Greek word meaning "a vegetable".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3001?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include garden plants (2), [only] vegetables (1), herb (1).
Where does λάχανον (láchanon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It garden plants 2× Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32
[only] vegetables 1× Romans 14:2
herb 1× Luke 11:42
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:32
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Romans 1
Source forms
λαχάνων 2x lachanōn Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32
λάχανα 1x lachana Romans 14:2
λάχανον 1x lachanon Luke 11:42
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:32
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Romans 14:2
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 11:42
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a vegetable
Strong's G3001
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a vegetable
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:32 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
λαχάνων lacanwn
an herb, garden plant
Read verse Mark 4:32 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
λαχάνων lacanwn
an herb, garden plant
Read verse Luke 11:42 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
λάχανον, lacanon
an herb, garden plant
Read verse Romans 14:2 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
λάχανα lacana
an herb, garden plant
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:32 · Mark 4:32 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 11:42 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rom 14:2 1×
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain