σίναπι
Transliteration
sinapi (Key)
Pronunciation
sin'-ap-ee
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from sinomai (to hurt, i.e. sting)
mGNT
5x in 1 unique form(s) TR
5x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
σινάπΡως — 5x
σινάπΡως — 5x
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:287,1027

Strong’s Definitions

σίναπι sínapi, sin'-ap-ee; perhaps from σίνομαι sínomai (to hurt, i.e. sting); mustard (the plant):—mustard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4615 in the following manner: mustard seed (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4615 in the following manner: mustard seed (5x).

  1. mustard, the name of a plant which in oriental countries grows from a very small seed and attains to the height of a tree, 10 feet (3 m) and more; hence a very small quantity of a thing is likened to a mustard seed, and also a thing which grows to a remarkable size

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σίναπι sínapi, sin'-ap-ee; perhaps from σίνομαι sínomai (to hurt, i.e. sting); mustard (the plant):—mustard.
STRONGS G4615:
σίναπι (also σινηπι (but not in the N. T.), both later for the Attic νᾢπυ (so accented in late authors, better νᾢπυ), see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 288) (thought to be of Egyptian origin; cf. Vanicek, FremdwΓΆrter, under the word νᾢπυ), σινάπΡως (Buttmann, 14 (13)), Ο„α½Ή, mustard, the name of a plant which in oriental countries grows from a very small seed and attains to the height of 'a tree' β€” ten feet and more; hence, a very small quantity of a thing is likened to a ΞΊα½ΉΞΊΞΊΞΏΟ‚ σινάπΡως (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 ; LΓΆw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, Β§ 134; Carruthers in the 'Bible Educator' vol. i., p. 119f; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 472f; Thomson, The Land and the Book, ii., 100f.)
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References

Matthew
Matthew 13:31; Matthew 17:20
Mark
Mark 4:31
Luke
Luke 13:19; Luke 17:6
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