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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

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 Box Gen 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - And God saith, 'Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed is in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed is in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that it is good;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - And God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which is breath of life, every green herb is for food:' and it is so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Stretch forth thy hand towards the heavens, and there is hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on beast, and on every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail smiteth in all the land of Egypt all that is in the field, from man even unto beast, and every herb of the field hath the hail smitten, and every tree of the field it hath broken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - and it covereth the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eateth every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left, and there hath not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - and I have given herbs in thy field for thy cattle, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (with brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn -- before it hath risen up!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 - And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 - And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 - And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, 'He doth not see our latter end.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: 'Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah -- as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain in showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.
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