κῆπος,
I Dor. κᾶπος (also Inscr.Cypr. 135.20 H.), ὁ, garden, orchard, or plantation, Od. 7.129, 24.247, 338; πολυδένδρεος 4.737; of any rich, highly cultivated region, as Ἀφροδίτας κᾶπος, i.e. Cyrene, Pi. P. 5.24; Διὸς κ., i.e. Libya, ib. 9.53 (but Διὸς κῆποι, also of heaven, S. Fr. 320 (lyr.); Φοίβου παλαιὸς κ., of the eastern sky, ib. 956, cf. Pl. Smp. 203b; cf. Ὠκεανοῦ κ. Ar. Nu. 271); κ. Εὐβοίας S. Fr. 24; οἱ Μίδεω κῆποι, in Macedonia, Hdt. 8.138; of the country round Panormus, Call. Hist. 2; the enclosure for the Olympic games, Pi. O. 3.24; οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν κ. the scholars of Epicurus, because he taught in a garden, S.E. M. 9.64, cf. D.L. 10.10; οἱ Ἀδώνιδος κ., v. Ἀδωνις; οἱ Ταντάλου κ., prov. of illusory pleasures, Philostr. VS 1.20.1: metaph., Χαρίτων νέμομαι κᾶπον, i.e. poetic art, Pi. O. 9.27; ἐκ Μουσῶν κ. τινῶν.. δρεπόμενοι τὰ μέλη Pl. Ion 534a; τοὺς ἐν τοῖς γράμμασι κ. σπείρειν Id. Phdr. 276d.
II a fashion of cropping the hair, Poll. 2.29, Ael.Dion. Fr. 230.
III pudenda muliebria, D.L. 2.116. v.l. for κῆβος (q.v.).
G2779 — κῆπος
κήπου, ὁ (thought to be allied with σκάπτω, Latincampus, etc.), from Homer down, the Sept. for גִּנָּה, גַּנָּה, גַּן; a garden: [Luk 13:19]; [Joh 18:1], [Joh 18:26]; [Joh 19:41]. (BB. DD., under the word .)
κῆπος , - ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H1588, H1593, H1594, [Deu 11:10], [Son 4:12], al. ;]
a garden: [Luk 13:19], [Joh 18:1]; [Joh 18:26]; [Joh 19:41]. †