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Mat_13:31. Σίναπι ] a herbaceous plant that, in the East, sometimes attains to the height of a small tree; Celsii Hierob. II. p. 250 ff. In Attic Greek it is called νᾶπυ , Phrynichus, ed. Lobeck, p. 228. Inasmuch as the plant belongs (Mat_13:32) to the order of the λαχάνα , it is unnecessary to suppose, with Ewald (Jahrb. II. p. 32 f.), that it is the mustard-tree (Salvadora Persica, Linnaeus) that is intended; comp. in preference the expression δενδρολάχανα (Theophrastus, h. pl. i. 3. 4).
λαβών ] an instance of the usual circumstantiality (comp. Mat_13:33), but not intended to convey the idea of the care with which so tiny a seed is taken into the hand (Lange).