φύω (fύō) — to grow | UBS Greek Dictionary

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: φύω; aor.pass.ptc.neut.; φυέν

Sense 1: to grow

Semantic entry: 23.191

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Grow, Growth

Definition: to grow (of plants)

Notes: In OET HEB 12:15 φύω occurs in an extended figurative context which may be better treated as a simile. Compare, for example, a literal translation of μή τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα ‘lest any root of bitterness grow up’ with the treatment of this expression as a type of simile, ‘in order that no one becomes like a bitter plant that grows up.’

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:6

OET-RV LUK 8:6

6 Some of the seeds landed in a rocky area where they sprouted, but then they withered up because they didn’t have enough moisture.

OET-LV LUK 8:6

6 And other fell _down on the rock, and having _been _sprouted was _withered because _of the thing to_ not _be _having moisture.

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:8

OET-RV LUK 8:8

8 Some of the seeds fell onto good soil, and then the plants grew up to produce a harvest of one hundred times as much.”
¶ As he was saying that, he was also telling them, “Anyone who wants to hear, listen carefully.”

OET-LV LUK 8:8

8 And other fell on the the good soil, also having _been _sprouted produced fruit a_hundred _fold.
These things saying, he _was _calling:
The one having ears to _be _hearing, him _let _be _hearing.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 8:6 · OET LUK 8:8

HEB: OET HEB 12:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φύω

Form 1

Sense 1: to grow