G4615Greeksinápeōs

σινάπεως

mustard (the plant)

5
Total Occurrences
3
Books
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Old Testament
5
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1mustard, the name of a plant which in middle eastern 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

Etymology & Derivation

perhaps from ??????? (to hurt, i.e. sting)