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Strong's #1008 - βοτάνη
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- an herb fit for fodder, green herb, growing plant
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βοτάνη [ ᾰ], ἡ, (βόσκω)
1. pasture, Il. 13.493, Pl. Prt. 321b, etc.; ἐκ βοτάνης ἀνιόντα Theoc. 25.87; ἐν β. Id. 28.12; ἔγρονται ἐς βοτάναν E. Fr. 773.29; β. ἁ λέοντος the lion's pasture, i.e. Nemea, Pi. N. 6.42: metaph., ὥσπερ ἐν κακῇ β. τρεφόμενοι Pl. R. 401c.
2. fodder, Od. 10.411.
3. herb, Thphr. HP 4.4.13, Dsc. 1 Praef. 1 (pl.), etc.
4. in pl., plants, as material for making clothes, opp. δοραί, Diog. Oen. 10.
5. weeds, Thphr. HP 2.7.5, POxy. 729.22 (ii A. D.): in pl., Gp. 2.46.2.
6. ἱερὰ β., = περιστερεών, Dsc. 4.60.
βοτάνη, βοτανης, ἡ (βόσκω), an herb fit for fodder, green herb, growing plant: Hebrews 6:7. (Homer, Pindar, Plato, Euripides, Diodorus, Aelian, others, the Sept. for דֶּשֶׁא, חָצִיר, עֵשֶׂב. (Metaphorically, of men, Ignatius ad Eph. 10, 3 [ET]; ad Trall. 6, 1 [ET]; ad Philad. 3, 1 [ET]).)
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βοτάνη is common in the magic papyri, e.g. P Lond 46.199 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 71) κυνοκεφάλ (ιον ) βοτ (άνην ) —a herb mentioned by Pliny (N. H. xxx. 2) as employed for magical purposes (Ed.). In P Amh II. 91.12 (A.D. 159) κατασπορὰς βοτανισμούς is rendered by the editors ";sowing and weeding."; For βοτανισμός see also BGU I. 197.17 (A.D. 17), ib. II. 526.19, .34 (A.D. 86).
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