Quick Definition
I sprout, cause to sprout, make to grow up
Strong's Definition
to germinate; by implication, to yield fruit
Derivation: from (a sprout);
KJV Usage: bring forth, bud, spring (up)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βλαστάνω, 3 person singular present subjunctive βλαστᾷ from the form βλαστάω, Mar_4:27 L T Tr WH (cf. Buttmann, 55 (48); (Ecc_2:6; Hermas, sim. 4, 1f [ET])); 1 aorist ἐβλάστησα (cf. Winers Grammar, 84 (80); (Buttmann, the passage cited));
1. intransitively, to sprout, bud, put forth leaves: Mar_4:27; Mat_13:26; Heb_9:4; (Num_17:8; Joe_2:22, etc.; in Greek writings from Pindar down).
2. in later Greek writings transitively, to produce: τόν καρπόν, Jas_5:18. (Gen_1:11, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βλαστάνω blastanō 4x
also spelled βλαστάω , intrans. to germinate, bud, sprout, spring up, Mat_13:26 ; Mar_4:27 ; Heb_9:4 ; trans. and causative, to cause to shoot, to produce, yield, Jas_5:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βλαστάνω ,
[in LXX for H6779 , etc.;]
1. to sprout: Mat_13:26 , Mar_4:27 , Heb_9:4 .
2. In late Gk ., causal, to make to grow, produce: c , acc , Jas_5:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βλαστάνω [page 112]
For the transitive use of β . (as Jas_5:18 ) see Aristeas 230, αἳ ( sc. χάριτες ) βλαστάνουσιν εὔνοιαν . The subst. βλάστημα (as Sir_50:12 ) is found in P Lond 131 recto .195 (A.D. 78 9) (= I. p. 175) τὰ περισσὰ βλαστήματα , and for βλαστολογέω = pick off young shoots, see ib. .507 . See also 1GI VII. 496 .3 βλαστήματα καλῶν τέκνων .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βλαστάνω "to bud, sprout, grow", of plants, Aesch. , etc. metaph. "to shoot forth, come to light", of men; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών "born" in man's nature, Soph. ; βλαστάνει ἀπιστία id=Soph. [Etym: The Root is ΒΛΑΣΤ, v. βλαστεῖν, βλαστή.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βλαστάνω,
[in LXX for צמח, etc. ;]
__1. to sprout: Mat.13:26, Mrk.4:27, Heb.9:4.
__2. In late Gk., causal, to make to grow, produce: with accusative, Jas.5:18.
† (AS)