Sínapi — G4615

Definition

neuter noun

mustard (the plant)

Usually translated as

mustard

Origin

perhaps from sínomai (to hurt, i.e. sting)

Occurrences

Sínapi occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (1), Luke (2)

• Matthew 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed (σινάπεως), which a man took, and sowed in his field:
• Matthew 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed (σινάπεως), ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
• Mark 4:31 — It is like a grain of mustard seed (σινάπεως), which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
• Luke 13:19 — It is like a grain of mustard seed (σινάπεως), which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
• Luke 17:6 — And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed (σινάπεως), ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.