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Strong's G5452 φυτεύω (phyteuo)

Phyteuo means “plant” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5452 — cebar (“think”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5452
Language Greek
Linked Usages 57
Books 19

Strong's G5452 Quick Answer

Strong's G5452 φυτεύω (phuteuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. phuteuo (foot-yoo'-o) v. 1. to set out in the earth, i.e. implant 2. (figuratively) to instil doctrine It has 57 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include planted, planteth, plant, out, and set. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
phuteuo (foot-yoo'-o) v. 1. to set out in the earth, i.e. implant 2. (figuratively) to instil doctrine
Usage
57 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
planted, planteth, plant, out, and set

Meaning and Definition

phuteuo (foot-yoo'-o) v. 1. to set out in the earth, i.e. implant 2. (figuratively) to instil doctrine [from a derivative of G5453] KJV: plant Root(s): G5453

Original Word
φυτεύω
Transliteration
phuteuo
Derivation
Root: φύω R1: 5453
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5452. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to plant

Usage: φυτεύω (φυτόν, a plant, φύω), [in LXX chiefly for נָטַע, also for שָׁתַל, etc. ;] to plant: Luk.17:28, 1Co.3:6-8; with accusative, φυτείαν, Mat.15:13; ἀμπελῶνα, Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, Luk.20:9, 1Co.9:7; pass., before ἐν, Luk.13:6 17:6.† (AS)

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How Strong's G5452 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render phuteuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

planted Luke 13:6 planteth 1 Corinthians 3:7 out Matthew 21:33 plant Matthew 15:13 set Mark 12:1

How Strong's G5452 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5452 (φυτεύω) appears 49 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5452 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5452 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 15:13 KJV

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

Matthew 21:33 KJV

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Mark 12:1 KJV

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

Strong's G5452 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 9:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.

Genesis 21:33 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

Strong's G5452 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 4:9 Septuagint / Brenton

if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.

1 Esdras 4:16 Septuagint / Brenton

Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.

1 Maccabees 3:56 Septuagint / Brenton

But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.

Strong's G5452 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield

Usage Excerpts

First 57 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5452.

Genesis 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 9:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
Genesis 21:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
Deuteronomy 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not plant for thyself a grove; thou shalt not plant for thyself any tree near the altar of thy God.
Deuteronomy 20:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it.
Deuteronomy 28:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt take a wife, and another man shall have her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell in it; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes of it.
Deuteronomy 28:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shalt not drink the wine, neither shalt thou delight thyself with it, because the worm shall devour it.
Joshua 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave you a land on which ye did not labor, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye eat of vineyards and olive yards which ye did not plant.
Psalms 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, Which shall yield its fruit in its season, And its leaf shall not fall off; And whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.
Psalms 79:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And restore that which thy right hand has planted: And look on the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.
Psalms 91:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalms 93:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
Psalms 103:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; Even the cedars of Lebanon which he has planted.
Psalms 106:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they yield fruit of increase.
Proverbs 34:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I made me gardens and orchards, And planted in them every kind of fruit tree.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A time of birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
Ecclesiastes 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The words of the wise are as goads, And as nails firmly fastened, Which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
Isaiah 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine vat in it: and I waited for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.
Isaiah 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because thou hast forsaken God thy Savior, and hast not been mindful of the Lord thy helper; therefore shalt thou plant a false plant, and a false seed.
Isaiah 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the day wherein thou shalt plant thou shalt be deceived; but if thou sow in the morning, the seed shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein thou shalt obtain an inheritance, and as a man’s father, thou shalt obtain an inheritance for thy sons.
Isaiah 37:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be a sign to thee, Eat this year what thou hast sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Isaiah 40:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
Isaiah 44:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, even a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
Isaiah 65:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall by no means build, and others inhabit; and they shall by no means plant, and others eat: for as the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people, they shall long enjoy the fruits of their labors.
Jeremiah 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!
Jeremiah 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; thou art near to their mouth, and far from their reins.
Jeremiah 36:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof;
Jeremiah 36:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Did he not send for this purpose? for in the course of this month he sent to you to Babylon, saying, It is far off: build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Jeremiah 38:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant ye, and praise.
Jeremiah 39:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all my soul.
Jeremiah 49:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If ye will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull you down, but will plant you, and in nowise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.
Jeremiah 51:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
say thou to him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I pull down those whom I have built up, and I pluck up those whom I have planted.
Ezekiel 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoots abounded by reason of much water.
Ezekiel 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land.
Ezekiel 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, they shall dwell upon it safely, and they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and dwell securely, when I shall execute judgment on all that have dishonored them, even on those that are round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and the God of their fathers.
Amos 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.
Amos 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will turn the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities, and shall inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and shall drink the wine from them; and they shall form gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Matthew 15:13 New Testament, KJV
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Matthew 21:33 New Testament, KJV
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Mark 12:1 New Testament, KJV
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Luke 13:6 New Testament, KJV
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Luke 17:6 New Testament, KJV
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, 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.
Luke 17:28 New Testament, KJV
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Luke 20:9 New Testament, KJV
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
1 Corinthians 3:6 New Testament, KJV
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:7 New Testament, KJV
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:8 New Testament, KJV
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Corinthians 9:7 New Testament, KJV
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
1 Esdras 4:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
1 Esdras 4:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.
1 Maccabees 3:56 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.
4 Maccabees 13:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now you are not ignorant of the charm of brotherhood, which the Divine and all-wise Providence has imparted through fathers to children, and has engendered through the mother’s womb.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, And planted the lowly in their place.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, And planteth islands therein.
1 Enoch 10:19 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5452, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 4 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G5452 FAQ

What does phyteuo (φυτεύω) mean?

Phyteuo (Strong's G5452) is a Greek word most simply glossed "plant". phuteuo (foot-yoo'-o) v. 1. to set out in the earth, i.e. implant 2. (figuratively) to instil doctrine

How many times is phyteuo (φυτεύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 57 linked usages for Strong's G5452 across 19 books.

Where can I study phyteuo (φυτεύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5452 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate phyteuo (φυτεύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as planted, planteth, plant, out, and set. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5452 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 39 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5452, with linked reader references where each row is available.