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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)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1707a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

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STRONGS H6212: Abbreviations

† עֵ֫שֶׂב noun masculine^{Genesis 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.

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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

Amos

Micah

Zechariah

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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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Gen 1:11 - Then God^H430 said,^H559 “Let the earth^H776 sprout^H1876 [fn]vegetation,^H1877 [fn]plants^H6212 yielding^H2232 seed,^H2233 and fruit^H6529 trees^H6086 on the earth^H776 bearing^H6213 fruit^H6529 after [fn]their kind^H4327 [fn]with seed^H2233 in them”; and it was so.^H3651

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:12

Gen 1:12 - The earth^H776 brought^H3318 forth^H3318 [fn]vegetation,^H1877 [fn]plants^H6212 yielding^H2232 seed^H2233 after [fn]their kind,^H4327 and trees^H6086 bearing^H6213 fruit^H6529 [fn]with seed^H2233 in them, after [fn]their kind;^H4327 and God^H430 saw^H7200 that it was good.^H2896

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:29

Gen 1:29 - Then God^H430 said,^H559 “Behold,^H2009 I have given^H5414 you every^H3605 plant^H6212 yielding^H2232 seed^H2233 that is on the [fn]surface^H6440 of all^H3605 the earth,^H776 and every^H3605 tree^H6086 [fn]which^H834 has fruit^H6529 yielding^H2232 seed;^H2233 it shall be food^H402 for you;

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Gen 1:30 - and to every^H3605 beast^H2416 of the earth^H776 and to every^H3605 bird^H5775 of the [fn]sky^H8064 and to every^H3605 thing^H3605 that [fn]moves^H7430 on the earth^H776 [fn]which^H834 has life,^H5315^H2416 I have given every^H3605 green^H3418 plant^H6212 for food”;^H402 and it was so.^H3651

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Gen 2:5 - Now no^H2962^H3605 shrub^H7880 of the field^H7704 was yet^H2962 in the earth,^H776 and no^H2962^H3605 plant^H6212 of the field^H7704 had yet^H2962 sprouted,^H6779 for the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had not sent^H4305 rain^H4305 upon the earth,^H776 and there was no^H369 man^H120 to [fn]cultivate^H5647 the ground.^H127

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Gen 3:18 - “Both thorns^H6975 and thistles^H1863 it shall grow^H6779 for you;
And you will eat^H398 the [fn]plants^H6212 of the field;^H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Gen 9:3 - “Every^H3605 moving^H7431 thing^H7431 that is alive^H2416 shall be food^H402 for you; I give^H5414 all^H3605 to you, as I gave the green^H3418 plant.^H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:22

Exo 9:22 - Now the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Moses,^H4872 “Stretch^H5186 out your hand^H3027 toward^H5921 the sky,^H8064 that [fn]hail^H1259 may fall^H1961 on all^H3605 the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 on man^H120 and on beast^H929 and on every^H3605 plant^H6212 of the field,^H7704 throughout the land^H776 of Egypt.”^H4714

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Exo 9:25 - The hail^H1259 struck^H5221 all^H3605 that was in the field^H7704 through all^H3605 the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 both^H4480 man^H120 and beast;^H929 the hail^H1259 also struck^H5221 every^H3605 plant^H6212 of the field^H7704 and shattered^H7665 every^H3605 tree^H6086 of the field.^H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:12

Exo 10:12 - Then the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Moses,^H4872 “Stretch^H5186 out your hand^H3027 over^H5921 the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 for the locusts,^H697 that they may come^H5927 up on the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 and eat^H398 every^H3605 plant^H6212 of the land,^H776 even all^H3605 that the hail^H1259 has left.”^H7604

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:15

Exo 10:15 - For they covered^H3680 the surface^H5869 of the whole^H3605 land,^H776 so that the land^H776 was darkened;^H2821 and they ate^H398 every^H3605 plant^H6212 of the land^H776 and all^H3605 the fruit^H6529 of the trees^H6086 that the hail^H1259 had left.^H3498 Thus nothing^H3808^H3605 green^H3418 was left^H3498 on tree^H6086 or plant^H6212 of the field^H7704 through all^H3605 the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:15

Deu 11:15 - “[fn]He will give^H5414 grass^H6212 in your fields^H7704 for your cattle,^H929 and you will eat^H398 and be satisfied.^H7646

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Deu 29:23 - ‘All^H3605 its land^H776 is brimstone^H1614 and salt,^H4417 a burning^H8316 waste, [fn]unsown^H3808^H2232 and unproductive,^H6779^H3808 and no^H3808^H3605 grass^H6212 grows^H5927 in it, like the overthrow^H4114 of Sodom^H5467 and Gomorrah,^H6017 Admah^H126 and Zeboiim,^H6636 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 overthrew^H2015 in His anger^H639 and in His wrath.’^H2534

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Deu 32:2 - “Let my teaching^H3948 drop^H6201 as the rain,^H4306
My speech^H565 distill^H5140 as the dew,^H2919
As the droplets^H8164 on the fresh^H1877 grass^H1877
And as the showers^H7241 on the herb.^H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

2Ki 19:26 - ‘Therefore their inhabitants^H3427 were short^H7116 of strength,^H3027
They were dismayed^H2865 and put^H954 to shame;^H954
They were as the vegetation^H6212 of the field^H7704 and as the green^H3419 herb,^H1877
As grass^H2682 on the housetops^H1406 is scorched^H7711 before^H6440 it is grown^H7054 up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:25

Job 5:25 - “You will know^H3045 also that your [fn]descendants^H2233 will be many,^H7227
And your offspring^H6631 as the grass^H6212 of the earth.^H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:16

Psa 72:16 - May there be abundance^H6451 of grain^H1250 in the earth^H776 on top^H7218 of the mountains;^H2022
Its fruit^H6529 will wave^H7493 like the cedars of Lebanon;^H3844
And may those from the city^H5892 flourish^H6692 like vegetation^H6212 of the earth.^H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Psa 92:7 - That when the wicked^H7563 sprouted^H6524 up like^H3644 grass^H6212
And all^H3605 who did^H6466 iniquity^H205 flourished,^H6692
It was only that they might be destroyed^H8045 forevermore.^H5704^H5703

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Psa 102:4 - My heart^H3820 has been smitten^H5221 like [fn]grass^H6212 and has withered^H3001 away,
Indeed,^H3588 I forget^H7911 to eat^H398 my bread.^H3899

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Psa 102:11 - My days^H3117 are like a [fn]lengthened^H5186 shadow,^H6738
And [fn]I wither^H3001 away like [fn]grass.^H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Psa 104:14 - [fn]He causes the grass^H2682 to grow^H6779 for the [fn]cattle,^H929
And vegetation^H6212 for the [fn]labor^H5656 of man,^H120
So that [fn]he may bring^H3318 forth^H3318 [fn]food^H3899 from the earth,^H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:35

Psa 105:35 - And ate^H398 up all^H3605 vegetation^H6212 in their land,^H776
And ate^H398 up the fruit^H6529 of their ground.^H127

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:20

Psa 106:20 - Thus they exchanged^H4171 their glory^H3519
For the image^H8403 of an ox^H7794 that eats^H398 grass.^H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Pro 19:12 - The king’s^H4428 wrath^H2197 is like the roaring^H5099 of a lion,^H3715
But his favor^H7522 is like dew^H2919 on the grass.^H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:25

Pro 27:25 - When the grass^H2682 disappears,^H1540 the new^H1877 growth^H1877 is seen,^H7200
And the herbs^H6212 of the mountains^H2022 are gathered^H622 in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Isa 37:27 - “Therefore their inhabitants^H3427 were short^H7116 of strength,^H3027
They were dismayed^H2865 and put^H954 to shame;^H954
They were as the vegetation^H6212 of the field^H7704 and as the green^H3419 herb,^H1877
As grass^H2682 on the housetops^H1406 [fn]is scorched^H7711 before^H6440 it is grown^H7054 up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Isa 42:15 - “I will lay^H2717 waste^H2717 the mountains^H2022 and hills^H1389
And wither^H3001 all^H3605 their vegetation;^H6212
I will make^H7760 the rivers^H5104 into coastlands^H339
And dry^H3001 up the ponds.^H98

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Jer 12:4 - How^H4970 long^H5704^H4970 is the land^H776 to mourn^H56
And the vegetation^H6212 of the countryside^H3605^H7704 to wither?^H3001
For the wickedness^H7451 of those who dwell^H3427 in it,
Animals^H929 and birds^H5775 have been snatched^H5595 away,^H5595
Because^H3588 men have said,^H559 “He will not see^H7200 our latter^H319 ending.”^H319

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Jer 14:6 - “The wild^H6501 donkeys^H6501 stand^H5975 on the bare^H8205 heights;^H8205
They pant^H7602 for air^H7307 like jackals,^H8565
Their eyes^H5869 fail^H3615
For there^H369 is no^H369 vegetation.^H6212

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Amo 7:2 - And it came^H1961 about, [fn]when^H518 it had finished^H3615 eating^H398 the vegetation^H6212 of the land,^H776 that I said,^H559
“Lord^H136 GOD,^H3068 please^H4994 pardon!^H5545
[fn]How^H4310 can Jacob^H3290 stand,^H6965
For he is small?”^H6996

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:7

Mic 5:7 - Then the remnant^H7611 of Jacob^H3290
Will be among^H7130 many^H7227 peoples^H5971
Like dew^H2919 from the LORD,^H3068
Like showers^H7241 on vegetation^H6212
Which^H834 do not wait^H6960 for man^H376
Or delay^H3176 for the sons^H1121 of men.^H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Zec 10:1 - Ask^H7592 rain^H4306 from the LORD^H3068 at the time^H6256 of the spring^H4456 rain^H4456—
The LORD^H3068 who makes^H6213 the [fn]storm^H2385 clouds;^H2385
And He will give^H5414 them showers^H1653 of rain,^H1653 vegetation^H6212 in the field^H7704 to each man.^H376

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