to sprout
Definition:
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)
Definition:
βλαστάνω, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (later
βλαστέω, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], corrupt in
passive -ουμένη[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Ionic dialect imperfect βλαστάνεσκε (variant{βλάστεσκεν}) [
Refs]:
future βλαστήσω [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
aorist 2 ἔβλαστον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
perfect βεβλάστηκα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
pluperfect ἐβεβλαστήκει [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ βλαστὸς οὐκ ἔβλαστε; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
metaphoricallyin Poets,
shoot forth, come to light, βλάστε νᾶσος ἐξ ἁλός, of Rhodes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of children,
to be born, [
Refs]; ἀνθρώπου φύσιν βλαστών
born in man's nature, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; not common in Prose, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) causal,
make to grow, produce, propagate, in
present, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly
aorist 1 ἐβλάστησα [
LXX+3rd c.BC+]:—
passive, βλαστηθείς [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
Pronounciation:
blas-tan'-o
Definition:
to germinate; by implication, to yield fruit; bring forth, bud, spring (up); from (a sprout);