Quick Definition
φυτεύω v. I plant
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of 5453; to set out in the earth, i.e. implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine
KJV Usage: plant
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φυτεύω ; impf. ἐφύτευον; 1 aor. ἐφύτευσα ; pf. pass. ptep. πεφυτευμένος ; 1 aor. pass. impy. 2 pers. sing. φυτεύθητι ; (φυτόν) ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for v3, several times for 9nw; to plant: absol., Lk. xvii. 28; 1 Co. iii. 6-8; φυτείαν, Mt. xv. 13; ἀμπελῶνα, Mt. xxi. 33; Mk. xii. 1; Lk. xx. 9; 1 Co. ix. 7; ri ἐν with a dat. of the place, pass., Lk. xiii. 6; xvii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φυτεύω phyteuō 11x
to plant, set, Mt. 21:33; Lk. 13:6; 17:6, 28; 20:9; met. Mt. 15:13; Mk. 12:1; to plant the Gospel, 1 Cor. 3:6, 7, 8; 9:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φυτεύω
(< φυτόν, a plant, < φύω), [in LXX chiefly for נטע, also for שׁתל, etc. ;]
to plant: Lk 17:28, I Co 3:6-8; c. acc., φυτείαν, Mt 15:13; ἀμπελῶνα, Mt 21:33, Mk 12:1, Lk 20:9, I Co 9:7; pass., seq. ἐν, Lk 13:6 17:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φυτεύω, “plant”: P Petr I. 294 (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski2, Ρ- 30) πεφύτευται δὲ kal ἡ ἄμπελος πᾶσα, so 15, PST IV. 4335 (B.C. 261-0) οὐκ ἐφυτεύθη οὖν ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας ᾿Οασιτικά, P Flor II. 14815 (A.p. 266-7) τῶν φυτευομένων τόπων, and P Oxy XVI. 191114 (A.D. 557) ὑπὲρ (ἀρου.) βὶ φυτευθ(εισῶν) ἐν ἀμπέλ(ῳ). In his note on 1 Cor 35 (Notes, p. 187 [.) Lightfoot refers to the application by the Fathers of ἐφύτευσα to the work of educating the catechumens as a significant ex. of ‘‘a general fault of patristic exegesis, the endeavour to attach a technical sense to words in the NT which had not yet acquired this meaning.” φύω, έργον, ““grow up”: P Grenf IT. 288 (B.c. 103) τῶν φυομένων δένδρων, P Flor I. 202° (a.p, 127) (= Chrest. I. p. 422) σὺν τῷ φυησομένωι σινάπι, PSI VI. 697" (ii/a.p.) ὅλου τοῦ κ[ή]που σὺν] τοῖς φυτοῖς φ[υ]ομένοις πᾶσι ἐν ἑκάστ[ῃ] με[ρ]ίδι. For the trans. use ‘‘bring forth,” ‘‘ produce,” see Preisighe 6648" εἰμεὶ ἐγὼ Ἰησοῦς, ὁ pis δὲ Φαμεῖς, παροδεῖτα, where the editor understands ὃν φῦσε Φαμεῖς or ὁ φύσ(ας) Φ. ; cf. Lk 85,8. and note the new 2 aor. pass. ἐφύην in place of the intrans. act. ἔφυν (cf. Blass-Debrunner § 76. 2). The subst. φυτόν is very common, e.g. PSI VI. 568% (B.C. 253-2?) uta παντοδαπά, BGU II. 530% (i/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 62) ἐπὶ κινδυνεύει τὰ φυτὰ διαφωνῆσαι, “otherwise there is a risk that the plants perish,” P Fay 111” (A.D. 95-6) (= Selections, p. 67) τὼν (/. τὸν) στίχον τὸν φυτὸν (/. τῶν φυτῶν) τῶν ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ πότισον, ““water the row of trees in ‘the prophet’” (apparently the name of a piece of land), P Ryl II. 99° (iii/a.b.) ὑδρεύματα kal φυτά, ‘‘irrigators and trees,” and P Hamb I. 2319 (A.D. 569) σὺν φυτοῖς παντοίοις ἐγκάρποις Te Kal ἀκάρποις. See also φυή in such passages as BGU III. 7084 (a.p. 164-5) ἀπέχ[ο]μεν παρά σου τιμ]ὴν χόρτου φυῆς [τοῦ ἐνεστ]ῶτος € (ἔτους).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φυτεύω (phuteuō) — to plant. φῠτ-εύω, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect infinitive φυτευέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; future εύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; aorist ἐφύτευσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεφύτευκα, 3rd.pers. plural πεφύτευκαν [LXX]:—middle, future -εύσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -ευσάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ευθήσομαι[Refs]: aorist ἐφυτεύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+], poetry3rd.pers. plural φύτευθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεφύτευμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (φυτόν).
I. with accusative of the thing planted, plant trees, especially fruit-trees, οὔτε φυτεύουσιν χερσὶν φυτὸν οὔτ᾽ ἀρόωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄρχους, ἀμπέλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joined with σπείρω,[NT+8th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀφόρῳ[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, plant for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, δένδρα πεφυτευμένα, opposed to to those of spontaneous growth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2. metaphorically, beget, engender, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ φυτεύσας alone, the father, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (rarely of the mother, σὲ.. φύτευσεν Αἴθρα Ποσειδᾶνι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ φυτεύσαντες the parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be begotten, spring from parents, κείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. generally, produce, bring about, cause, mostly of evils, ὅτι τοι κακὰ πολλὰ φυτεύει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in good sense, φ. γάμον, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, σὺν θεῷ φυτευθείς ὄλβος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. implant in, τοῦθ᾽ ἡμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. set up, ἄγαλμα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. less frequently with accusative of the ground planted, plant with fruit-trees, φ. γῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀγρόν φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, γῆ πεφυτευμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ψιλή, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; γεωργία καὶ ψιλὴ καὶ πεφ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]