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Lexicon :: Strong's H6212 - ʿēśeḇ

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עֵשֶׂב
Transliteration
ʿēśeḇ
Pronunciation
eh'seb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
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TWOT Reference: 1707a

Strong’s Definitions

עֶשֶׂב ʻeseb, eh'seb; from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot):—grass, herb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H6212 in the following manner: herb (17x), grass (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H6212 in the following manner: herb (17x), grass (16x).

  1. herb, herbage, grass, green plants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶשֶׂב ʻeseb, eh'seb; from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot):—grass, herb.
STRONGS H6212: Abbreviations
† עֵ֫שֶׂב noun masculineGenesis 1:11 herb, herbage; — ע׳ absolute Deuteronomy 11:15 +; construct Genesis 2:5 +; suffix עֶשְׂבָּם Isaiah 42:15; plural construct עִשְּׂבוֺת (dagesh forte dirimens) Proverbs 27:25; — herb, herbage, in oldest use often general (therefore including grass [דֶּשֶׁא]): הַשָּׂדֶה ע׳ Exodus 9:22 (E), Genesis 2:5 (+ שִׂיחַ) Exodus 9:25 (+ עֵץ), Exodus 10:15 (+ id; all J) Amos 7:2, so הָאָרֶץ ע׳ Exodus 10:12 (E), + הָעֵץ פְּרִי Exodus 10:15 (J), whence Psalm 105:35; apparently generally also in הארץ ע׳ Job 5:25; Psalm 72:16, ע׳ alone Psalm 92:8; כָּלהַֿשָּׂדֶה ע׳ Jeremiah 12:14, ע׳ alone Deuteronomy 32:2 (|| דֶּשֶׁא), Isaiah 42:15; Psalm 102:5; Psalm 102:12, and Deuteronomy 29:22; Micah 5:6; Proverbs 19:12; hence ע׳ as food for cattle Deuteronomy 11:15; Psalm 106:20 compare Jeremiah 14:6; Zechariah 10:1; עִשְּׂבוֺת הָרִים Proverbs 27:25 (|| דֶּשֶׁא, חָצִיר); but as human food (hence excluding דֶּשֶׁא) הַשָּׂדֶה ע׳ Genesis 3:18 (J); especially P Genesis 1:29 (+ עֶץ), יֶרֶק ע׳ Genesis 1:30; Genesis 9:3, hence ע׳ Psalm 104:14 (|| חָצִיר for cattle); ע׳ distinguished from דֶּשֶׁא, עֵץ also Genesis 1:11, 12, שָׂדֶה ע׳ + דֶּשֶׁא, חָצִיר 2 Kings 19:26 + Isaiah 37:27.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6211.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:29; 1:30; 2:5; 2:5; 3:18; 9:3

Exodus

9:22; 9:25; 10:12; 10:15; 10:15

Deuteronomy

11:15; 11:15; 29:22; 32:2

2 Kings

19:26

Job

5:25

Psalms

72:16; 92:8; 102:5; 102:12; 104:14; 105:35; 106:20

Proverbs

19:12; 27:25; 27:25

Isaiah

37:27; 42:15; 42:15

Jeremiah

12:14; 14:6

Amos

7:2

Micah

5:6

Zechariah

10:1

H6212

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Strong's Number H6212 matches the Hebrew עֵשֶׂב (ʿēśeḇ),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass [fn]bearing seed according to its kind [fn]and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the [fn]breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the [fn]green herbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thine hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up on the land, and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - And they covered the face of the earth, and the land was wasted, and they devoured all the herbage of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which was left by the hail: there was no green thing left on the trees, nor on all the herbage of the field, in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - And he shall give food in thy fields to thy cattle; and when thou hast eaten and art full,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (LXX 29:22) brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger:)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Let my speech be looked for as the rain, and my words come down as dew, as the shower upon the herbage, and as snow upon the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - And they that dwelt in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were confounded, they became as grass of the field, or as the green herb, the grass growing on houses, and that which is trodden down [fn]by him that stands upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 - And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - (LXX 71:16) There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - (LXX 91:8) When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity [fn]have watched; it is that they may be utterly destroyed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - (LXX 101:5) I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - (LXX 101:12) My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - (LXX 103:14) He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 - (LXX 104:35) and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 - (LXX 105:20) and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - I weakened their hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the house-tops, and as grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because the people said, God shall not see our ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it came to pass when he had finished devouring the grass of the land, that I said, Lord God, be merciful; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - (LXX 5:6) And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them [fn]abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.
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