Rue

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. i.) To have compassion.

(2): ( v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.

(3): ( v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.

(4): ( v. t.) To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.

(5): ( n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.

(6): ( n.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

(7): ( v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.

(8): ( v. t.) Sorrow; repetance.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Πήγανον (Strong'S #4076 — Noun Neuter — peganon — pay'-gan-on )

a shrubby plant with yellow flowers and a heavy smell, cultivated for medicinal purposes, is mentioned in  Luke 11:42 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

RUE ( πήγανον, Ruta graveolens ) is a low-growing shrubby plant of the natural order Rutaceae, and is still cultivated in Palestine. It has a strong, unpleasant smell, and is bitter and pungent to the taste. The ancient Romans made use of the leaves of rue for culinary purposes. An essential oil, which is obtained by distillation with water, is used in medicine, chiefly as an antispasmodic. In  Luke 11:42, where the only Biblical allusion to rue occurs, it is named along; with mint (wh. see) as one of the common garden herbs on which the Pharisees paid tithe.

Hugh Duncan.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Rue. Occurs only in  Luke 11:42. The rue here spoken of is doubtless the common Ruta graveolens , a shrubby plant about two feet high, of strong medicinal virtues. It is a native of the Mediterranean coasts, and has been found by Hasselquist on Mount Tabor. The Talmud enumerates rue amongst kitchen herbs, and regards it as free of tithe as being a plant not cultivated in gardens. In our Lord's time, however, rue was doubtless a garden plant, and therefore, tithable.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Luke 11:42. Ruta Graveolens ; a shrub two feet high, used as a condiment and as a medicine. Dioscorides (iii. 45) describes two kinds, the rue of the mountains and the strong smelling or garden rue. The garden plant was titheable. The Turks keep pots of rue in their drawing rooms for the odor. In the middle ages the priests used bunches of rue wherewith to sprinkle holy water, from whence Shakespeare uses the term "herb of grace" (Rich. II, 3:4).

King James Dictionary

RUE, ru. L. rudo, to roar, to bray.

To lament to regret to grieve for as, to rue the commission of a crime to rue the day.

Thy will chose freely what it now so justly rues.

RUE, To have compassion. Not in use.

RUE, n. Sorrow repentance. Not in use.

RUE, n. ru. Gr. L.

A plant of the genus Ruta, of several species. The common garden rue is medicinal, as a stimulant and detergent.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A well-known garden herb, having a strong odor and a bitter taste. Our Saviour reproaches the Pharisees with their superstitious affectation of paying the tithe of rue, which was not in reality subject to the law of tithe, while they neglected the more essential parts of the law,  Luke 11:42 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

The well-known plant, the common Ruta graveolens. It is only mentioned as a small thing which was tithed by the Pharisees.  Luke 11:42 . It is used in the East as a condiment and as a medicine. Four species of wild rue are found in Palestine.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

RUE (  Luke 11:42 ). The rue of Palestine is Ruta chalepensis , a variety of the officinal plant, which is cultivated as a medicine.

E. W. G. Masterman.

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

πηγανον ,  Luke 11:42 , a small shrubby plant, common in gardens. It has a strong, unpleasant smell, and a bitterish, penetrating taste.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Luke 11:42 Matthew 23:23Mint

Holman Bible Dictionary

Ruta graveolens  Luke 11:42 Matthew 23:23

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

The word rue occurs only in . 'But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment,' etc. In the parallel passage, , dill, translated anise in the English Version, is mentioned instead of rue. Both dill and rue were cultivated in the gardens of Eastern countries in ancient times as they are at the present-day. Rue was highly esteemed as a medicine, even as early as the time of Hippocrates. Pliny says, 'Rue is an herbe as medicinable as the best. That of the garden hath a broader leafe, and brauncheth more than the wild, which is more hotte, vehement, and rigorous in all operations; also that is it sowed usually in Februarie, when the western wind, Favonius, bloweth.' That it was employed as an ingredient in diet, and as a condiment, is abundantly evident from Apicius, as noticed by Celsius, and is not more extraordinary than the fondness of some Eastern nations for assafoetida as a seasoning to food. That one kind was cultivated by the Israelites is evident from its being mentioned as one of the articles of which the Pharisees paid their tithes, though they neglected the weightier matters of the law. Rosenmüller states that in the Talmud the rue is indeed mentioned among kitchen herbs; but, at the same time, it is there expressly stated, that it is tithe free, it being one of those herbs which are not cultivated in gardens, according to the general rule established in the Talmud.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rōō ( πήγανον , pḗganon ): One of the plants mentioned in   Luke 11:42 as subject to tithe: in the parallel passage,   Matthew 23:23 , anise and cummin are mentioned. Ruta graveolens (Natural Order, Rutaceae ) is the official rue, and a very similar species, R. chalepensis , is indigenous. Rue is a small shrub growing 2 to 4 ft. high with a heavy odor, disagreeable to Westerners, but a favorite with Orientals. A sprig of rue is often fixed on a child's cap or clothes as a kind of charm.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rue'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/r/rue.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.