UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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βάϊον

MainId: 000901000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: β

StrongCodes: G0902

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'Though in English it is generally the custom to speak of what in Greek is βάϊον or φοῖνιξ ({D:3.53}) as a palm branch, technically it is only a very large leaf, for there are no buds on these so-called branches.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000901001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: βάϊον

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000901001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 3.53

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Plants

      LEXSubDomains: Non-Fruit Parts of Plants

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-02-04 21:30:03

         DefinitionShort: branch of the palm tree (φοῖνιξ{N:001})

         Glosses: palm branch

         Comments: βάϊον is a technical term meaning ‘palm branch,’ and in {S:04301201300006} τῶν φοινίκων ‘of palm trees’ may have been added redundantly, since the term βάϊον may not have been regarded as sufficiently well known to readers.

      LEXReferences: YHN 12:13

      LEXLinks: flora:2.5