What does πήγανον (pḗganon) mean in the Bible?
πήγανον (pḗganon) is a Greek word meaning "rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)".
Greek · G4076
πήγανον
Rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)
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πήγανονG4076
Pronunciationpḗganon
What does πήγανον (pḗganon) mean in the Bible?
πήγανον (pḗganon) is a Greek word meaning "rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)".
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How does the BSB render G4076?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include rue (1).
Where does πήγανον (pḗganon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 11:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itrue1×Luke 11:42
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First aligned rowLuke 11:42
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Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
πήγανον1xpēganonLuke 11:42
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xLuke 11:42
Evidence Summary
Greek word. rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)
Strong'sG4076
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
rue (from its thick or fleshy leaves)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
περισσότερον, -ως, see: περισσῶς περισσῶς adv. (περισσός) [in LXX: Psa.31:23 (יֶתֶר -עַל), Da TH Dan.7:7, 19 8:9 (יַתִּיר, יֶתֶר) 2Ma.8:27 2Mac 12:44 A * ;] beyond measure, exceedingly, abundantly: Mat.27:23, Mrk.10:26 15:14, Act.26:11. Compar.
aπερισσότερον (see: περισσός);
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 11:42Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
πήγανονphganon
rue, a plant used for flavoring food
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · NeuterLuke 11:421×
Word Origins
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