Quick Definition
fodder, food
Strong's Definition
herbage (as if for grazing)
Derivation: from G1006 (βόσκω);
KJV Usage: herb
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βοτάνη, βοτανης, ἡ (βόσκω), an herb fit for fodder, green herb, growing plant: Heb_6:7. (Homer, Pindar, Plato, Euripides, Diodorus, Aelian, others, the Sept. for γΖΜωΖΡΰ, ηΘφΔιψ, ςΕωΖ�α. (Metaphorically, of men, Ignatius ad Eph. 10, 3 [ET]; ad Trall. 6, 1 [ET]; ad Philad. 3, 1 [ET]).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βοτάνη botanē 1x
herb, herbage, produce of the earth, Heb_6:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βοτάνη , -ης , ἡ
( < βόσκω ),
[in LXX for H6212 , H1877 , H2682 ;]
1. grass, fodder.
2. green herb: Heb_6:7 .†
SYN.: λάχανον G3001 , a garden herb , a vegetable.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βοτάνη [page 114]
βοτάνη is common in the magic papyri, e.g. P Lond 46 .199 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 71) κυνοκεφάλ (ιον ) βοτ (άνην ) a herb mentioned by Pliny ( N. H. xxx. 2) as employed for magical purposes (Ed.). In P Amh II. 91 .12 (A.D. 159) κατασπορὰς βοτανισμούς is rendered by the editors sowing and weeding. For βοτανισμός see also BGU I. 197 .17 (A.D. 17), ib. II. 526 .19, .34 (A.D. 86).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βοτάνη [Etym: βόσκω] "grass, fodder", Il. , Plat. ; ἐκ βοτάνης from "feeding", from "pasture", Theocr.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βοτάνη, -ῆς, ἡ
(βόσκω), [in LXX for עֵשֶׂב, דֶשֶׁא, חָצִיר ;]
__1. grass, fodder.
__2. green herb: Heb.6:7.†
SYN.: λάχανον, a garden herb, a vegetable. (AS)