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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 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - et ait germinet terra herbam virentem et facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum cuius semen in semet ipso sit super terram et factum est ita

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - et protulit terra herbam virentem et adferentem semen iuxta genus suum lignumque faciens fructum et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam et vidit Deus quod esset bonum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - dixitque Deus ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam adferentem semen super terram et universa ligna quae habent in semet ipsis sementem generis sui ut sint vobis in escam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - et cunctis animantibus terrae omnique volucri caeli et universis quae moventur in terra et in quibus est anima vivens ut habeant ad vescendum et factum est ita

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - et omne virgultum agri antequam oreretur in terra omnemque herbam regionis priusquam germinaret non enim pluerat Dominus Deus super terram et homo non erat qui operaretur terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi et comedes herbas terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - et omne quod movetur et vivit erit vobis in cibum quasi holera virentia tradidi vobis omnia

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - et dixit Dominus ad Mosen extende manum tuam in caelum ut fiat grando in universa terra Aegypti super homines et super iumenta et super omnem herbam agri in terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - et percussit grando in omni terra Aegypti cuncta quae fuerunt in agris ab homine usque ad iumentum cunctam herbam agri percussit grando et omne lignum regionis confregit

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - dixit autem Dominus ad Mosen extende manum tuam super terram Aegypti ad lucustam ut ascendat super eam et devoret omnem herbam quae residua fuit grandini

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - operueruntque universam superficiem terrae vastantes omnia devorata est igitur herba terrae et quicquid pomorum in arboribus fuit quae grando dimiserat nihilque omnino virens relictum est in lignis et in herbis terrae in cuncta Aegypto

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - faenum ex agris ad pascenda iumenta et ut ipsi comedatis ac saturemini

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - sulphure et salis ardore conburens ita ut ultra non seratur nec virens quippiam germinet in exemplum subversionis Sodomae et Gomorrae Adamae et Seboim quas subvertit Dominus in ira et furore suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - concrescat in pluvia doctrina mea fluat ut ros eloquium meum quasi imber super herbam et quasi stillae super gramina

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - et qui sedent in eis humiles manu contremuerunt et confusi sunt facti sunt quasi faenum agri et virens herba tectorum quae arefacta est antequam veniret ad maturitatem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 - scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum et progenies tua quasi herba terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - [Vulgate 71:16] erit memorabile triticum in terra in capite montium elevabitur sicut Libani fructus eius et florebunt de civitate sicut faenum terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - [Vulgate 91:8] germinaverunt impii quasi faenum et floruerunt omnes qui operantur iniquitatem ut contererentur usque in sempiternum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - [Vulgate 101:5] percussum est quasi faenum et arefactum est cor meum quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - [Vulgate 101:12] dies mei quasi umbra inclinati sunt et ego quasi faenum arui

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - [Vulgate 103:14] germinans herbam iumentis et faenum servituti hominum ut educat panem de terra

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 - [Vulgate 104:35] et comedit omne faenum terrae eorum et devoravit fructum terrae eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 - [Vulgate 105:20] et mutaverunt gloriam suam in similitudine bovis comedentis faenum

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - sicut fremitus leonis ita et regis ira et sicut ros super herbam ita hilaritas eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - aperta sunt prata et apparuerunt herbae virentes et collecta sunt faena de montibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - habitatores earum breviata manu contremuerunt et confusi sunt facti sunt sicut faenum agri et gramen pascuae et herba tectorum quae exaruit antequam maturesceret

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - desertos faciam montes et colles et omne gramen eorum exsiccabo et ponam flumina in insulas et stagna arefaciam

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - usquequo lugebit terra et herba omnis regionis siccabitur propter malitiam habitantium in ea consumptum est animal et volucre quoniam dixerunt non videbit novissima nostra

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - et onagri steterunt in rupibus traxerunt ventum quasi dracones defecerunt oculi eorum quia non erat herba

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - et factum est cum consummasset comedere herbam terrae et dixi Domine Deus propitius esto obsecro quis suscitabit Iacob quia parvulus est

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - et erunt reliquiae Iacob in medio populorum multorum quasi ros a Domino et quasi stillae super herbam quae non expectat virum et non praestolatur filios hominum

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino et Dominus faciet nives et pluviam imbris dabit eis singulis herbam in agro
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