STRONGS NUMBER G985


Word Summary
blastanō: to sprout, produce
Original Word: βλαστάνω
Transliteration: blastanō
Phonetic Spelling: (blas-tan'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sprout, produce
Meaning: to sprout, produce
Strong's Concordance
bring forth, bud, spring up.

From blastos (a sprout); to germinate; by implication, to yield fruit -- bring forth, bud, spring (up).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 985: βλαστάνω

βλαστάνω, 3 person singular present subjunctive βλαστᾷ from the form βλαστάω, Mark 4:27 L T Tr WH (cf. Buttmann, 55 (48); (Ecclesiastes 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: Mark 4:27; Matthew 13:26; Hebrews 9:4; (Numbers 17:8; Joel 2:22, etc.; in Greek writings from Pindar down).

2. in later Greek writings transitively, to produce: τόν καρπόν, James 5:18. (Genesis 1:11, etc.)