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Greek

3001. lachanon -- a garden herb, a vegetable
... a garden herb, a vegetable. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: lachanon
Phonetic Spelling: (lakh'-an-on) Short Definition: an herb, garden plant ...
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5451. phuteia -- a planting
... plant. From phuteuo; trans-planting, ie (concretely) a shrub or vegetable -- plant.
see GREEK phuteuo. (phuteia) -- 1 Occurrence. 5450, 5451. phuteia. 5452 > ...
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4550. sapros -- rotten, worthless
... 4550 -- properly, (putrid), over-ripe; (figuratively) (ripened); hence, . "4550 ()
is (akin to , 'to rot'), primarily, of vegetable and animal substances ...
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2590. karpos -- fruit
... Transliteration: karpos Phonetic Spelling: (kar-pos') Short Definition: fruit, result,
gain Definition: (a) fruit, generally vegetable, sometimes animal, (b ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2235. zeroa' -- vegetable
... 2234, 2235. zeroa'. 2235a . vegetable. Transliteration: zeroa' Phonetic
Spelling: (zay-ro'-ah) Short Definition: pulse. pulse Or ...
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2235a. zeroa -- vegetable
... zeroa. 2235b . vegetable. Transliteration: zeroa Short Definition: vegetables.
Word Origin from zara Definition vegetable NASB Word Usage vegetables (1). ...
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2235b. zereon -- vegetable
... zereon. 2236 . vegetable. Transliteration: zereon Short Definition: vegetables.
Word Origin from zara Definition vegetable NASB Word Usage vegetables (1). ...
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3419. yaraq -- herbs, herbage
... Word Origin from the same as yereq Definition herbs, herbage NASB Word Usage
green (2), vegetable (2), vegetables (1). green, herbs. ...
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3768. karpas -- cotton or fine linen
... 1). byssus or fine vegetable wool. Of foreign origin; byssus or fine vegetable
wool: 3767, 3768. karpas. 3769 . Strong's Numbers.
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2755. chare yonim -- doves' dung
... doves {or perhaps rather the plural of a single word charapyown {khar-aw-yone'};
of similar or uncertain derivation, probably a kind of vegetable -- doves' dung ...
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1686. dibyonim -- probably dove's dung
... In the margin for the textual reading, cheryown {kher-yone'}; both (in the plural
only and) of uncertain derivation; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a ...
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1287. borith -- lye, alkali, potash, soap
... of bor Definition lye, alkali, potash, soap NASB Word Usage soap (2). sope. Feminine
of bor; vegetable alkali -- sope. see HEBREW bor. 1286, 1287. ...
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1253. bor -- lye, potash
... never so, purely The same as bor; vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a
soap for washing, or a flux for metals -- X never so, purely. see HEBREW bor. ...
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Library

Blind Force or Intelligence, Which?
... Sixteen simple substances are known to exist in vegetable organisms, and many of
them are more strongly inclined to unite with substances which have no ...
/.../blind force or intelligence which.htm

On the Study of Zoology.
... Certain broad laws have a general application throughout both the animal and the
vegetable worlds, but the ground common to these kingdoms of nature is not of ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/vi on the study of.htm

The Beauty and Glory of the Risen Body.
... If we now look for a moment into the vegetable kingdom, we see this glorification
of matter still more wonderfully displayed. Of what are all plants composed? ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter v the beauty and.htm

The Deaf and Dumb.
... Eclipses, meteors, auroras, earthquakes, storms, and especially monstrosities,
animal or vegetable, exercised their barbaric wonder. ...
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Theophilus. ...
... For though the dark wrathful properties of fallen nature could only, in their
compaction, be made the ground of a vegetable and bestial life; yet you are to ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/law/the way to divine knowledge/way-3-40 theophilus .htm

The Sovereignty of God in Creation
... fishes. But consider now the vegetable kingdom. ... poisonous? Why should one vegetable
be capable of enduring frost and another wither under it? ...
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The Dew and the Plants
... eye. This whole chapter is full of emblems drawn from the vegetable world.
The ... beauty. We go back to Hosea's vegetable metaphors. 'He ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the dew and the plants.htm

On the Physical Basis of Life.
... manifest those transitory changes of form which we class under irritability and
contractility; and, it is more than probable, that when the vegetable world is ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/vii on the physical basis.htm

Fourth Tractate. Our Tutelary Spirit.
... by its motion, to which is due the sensitive faculty " that in any of its
expression-forms " Nature and all forms of life down to the vegetable order. ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/fourth tractate our tutelary spirit.htm

Conformity to Type
... still. Compare next the two sets of germs, the vegetable and the animal. ... kingdom.
The vegetable supplies the material for the animal. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.

2. (v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.

3. (v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.

4. (v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.

5. (n.) A plant. See Plant.

6. (n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.

Thesaurus

Vegetable (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants;
as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. ...
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Food (2953 Occurrences)
... Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Genesis
1:29), with the exception mentioned (2:17). ... I. Vegetable Foods. ...
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Wax (32 Occurrences)
... wax. See Wax insect, below. 9. (n.) A wax like product secreted by certain
plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable. 10. (n.) A ...
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Fruit (318 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A word as used in Scripture denoting produce in
general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided ...
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Plant (92 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary
motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though ...
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Putrid (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed;
rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. ...
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Pulse (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Dan. 1:12, 16), RV "herbs," vegetable food in general.
Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Leguminous plants ...
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Honey (62 Occurrences)
... 4:11). (3.) Debash denotes bee-honey (Judges 14:8); but also frequently a vegetable
honey distilled from trees (Genesis 43:11; Ezek. 27:17). ...
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Soap (4 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Jeremiah 2:22; Malachi 3:2; Hebrews borith), properly
a vegetable alkali, obtained from the ashes of certain plants, particularly ...
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Garden (68 Occurrences)
... Here the vegetable gardens of the peasants of Siloam present an aspect of green
freshness unknown elsewhere in Jerusalem. EWG Masterman. HOUSE, GARDEN. ...
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Bible Concordance

Vegetable (3 Occurrences)

Luke 11:42 "But alas for you Pharisees! for you pay tithes on your mint and rue and every kind of garden vegetable, and are indifferent to justice and the love of God. These are the things you ought to have attended to, while not neglecting the others.
(WEY)

Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 21:2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money."
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Vegetable

Related Terms

Food (2953 Occurrences)

Wax (32 Occurrences)

Fruit (318 Occurrences)

Plant (92 Occurrences)

Putrid (3 Occurrences)

Pulse (3 Occurrences)

Honey (62 Occurrences)

Soap (4 Occurrences)

Garden (68 Occurrences)