Quick Definition
λάχανον, ου, τό n.n. an herb, garden plant
Strong's Definition
a vegetable
Derivation: from (to dig);
KJV Usage: herb
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λάχανον, -ου, τό, (fr. λαχαίνω to dig; hence herbs grown on land cultivated by digging; garden-herbs, as opp. to wild plants); any potherb, vegetables: Mt. xiii. 32; Mk. iv. 32; Lk. xi.42; Ro. xiv.2. (1 K. xx. (xxi.) 2; Gen. ix. 3; Ps. xxxvi. (xxxvii.) 2,etc.; Arstph., Plat., Plut., ale AcBBatos, see Θαδδαῖος. λεγεών and (so T, Tr [but not in Mt. xxvi. 53], WH {see fin.], also Lchm. in Mk. v. 9, 15) λεγιών (cf. Tdf. ed. 7 Proleg. p. 1.; [esp. ed. 8 p. 83; B. 16 (15)]; so, too, in inserr. in Boeckh; [Diod., Plut., al.]), -@vos, 7, (a Lat. word), a legion (a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6826 men [i. e. 6100 foot, and 726 horse]): Mt. xxvi. 58; Mk. v. 9, 15; Lk. viii. 30 [here WHI (ex errore) λεγίων (cf. Chandler § 593)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λάχανον lachanon 4x
a garden herb, vegetable, Mt. 13:32; Mk. 4:32; Lk. 11:42; Rom. 14:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λάχανον, -ου, τό
(λαχαίνω, to dig), [in LXX: Ge 9:3, III Ki 20 (21):2, Ps 36 (37):2, Pr 15:17 (יֶרֶק, יָרָק)*;]
a garden herb, vegetable: Lk 11:42; usually in pl., Mt 13:32, Mk 4:32, Ro 14:2.†
SYN.: βοτάνη, q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λάχανον. P Hib 1. 5476 (c. B.c. 245) λάχανα π[αντ]οδαπά, ““νερεtables of all kinds,” BGU I. 2255 (a.p. 114) (= Selections, Pp- 75) ἀπὸ τιμῆς ὧν πέπρακον λαχάνων, “from the price of the vegetables I had sold,” P Oxy III. 52278 (ii/a.D.) τιμ(ῆς) λαχί(άνων) τοῖς at(rots) . ... (τετρώβολον), ““ price of vegetables for the same, 4 obols.” In P Fay 119% (c. A.D. 100) πέμσις τὰ κτήνη κοπρηγεῖν els τὸ λάχανον τῆς Ψινάχεως, the word is = “" vegetable-ground.’’ For λαχανεία, as in Deut 117°, cf. BGU IV. 1119* (B.C. 5) ποτίζων tots δέουσι ποτισμοῖς KaTavEevwY(?) TH κατὰ καιρὸν Aaxavela, for λαχανοπώλης cf. BGU I. 223 (wz s.), and for λαχανοσπερμός cf. 20. II. 45.413 (4.0. 193) ἐβάσταξαν ἡμῶν θήκας λαχανοσπέρμ[ο]ν εἰς ἕτερον ψυγμὸν (cf. Ezek 26° 13) οὐκ [ἔλαττον θηκῶν δέκα δύο. MGr λάχανα, ‘‘ vegetables,” or ‘herbs generally.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λάχανον (lachanon) — plant. λάχᾰνον [λᾰ], τό, mostly in plural, garden-herbs, opposed to wild plants, vegetables, [Refs 5th c.BC+] not a single herb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ, i.e. the lettuce, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. in plural also, the vegetable-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]