Lexicon :: Strong's H6212 - ʿēśeḇ

עֵשֶׂב

Transliteration

ʿēśeḇ

Pronunciation

eh'seb

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

12:14; 14:6

Amos

7:2

Micah

5:6

Zechariah

10:1

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Gen 1:11

Gen 1:11 - And God^H430 said,^H559 Let the earth^H776 bring forth^H1876 grass,^H1877 the herb^H6212 yielding^H2232 seed,^H2233 and the fruit^H6529 tree^H6086 yielding^H6213 fruit^H6529 after his kind,^H4327 whose^H834 seed^H2233 is in itself, upon the earth:^H776 and it was so.

Gen 1:12

Gen 1:12 - And the earth^H776 brought forth^H3318 grass,^H1877 and herb^H6212 yielding^H2232 seed^H2233 after his kind,^H4327 and the tree^H6086 yielding^H6213 fruit,^H6529 whose seed^H2233 was in itself, after his kind:^H4327 and God^H430 saw^H7200 that it was good.^H2896

Gen 1:29

Gen 1:29 - And God^H430 said,^H559 Behold,^H2009 I have given^H5414 you every herb^H6212 bearing^H2232 seed,^H2233 which is upon the face^H6440 of all the earth,^H776 and every tree,^H6086 in the which is the fruit^H6529 of a tree^H6086 yielding^H2232 seed;^H2233 to you it shall be^H1961 for meat.^H402

Gen 1:30

Gen 1:30 - And to every beast^H2416 of the earth,^H776 and to every fowl^H5775 of the air,^H8064 and to every thing that creepeth^H7430 upon the earth,^H776 wherein there is life,^H2416^H5315 I have given every green^H3418 herb^H6212 for meat:^H402 and it was so.

Gen 2:5

Gen 2:5 - And every plant^H7880 of the field^H7704 before^H2962 it was in the earth,^H776 and every herb^H6212 of the field^H7704 before^H2962 it grew:^H6779 for^H3588 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had not^H3808 caused it to rain^H4305 upon the earth,^H776 and there was not^H369 a man^H120 to till^H5647 the ground.^H127

Gen 3:18

Gen 3:18 - Thorns also^H6975 and thistles^H1863 shall it bring forth^H6779 to thee; and thou shalt eat^H398 the herb^H6212 of the field;^H7704

Gen 9:3

Gen 9:3 - Every moving thing^H7431 that liveth^H2416 shall be meat^H402 for you; even as the green^H3418 herb^H6212 have I given^H5414 you all things.

Exo 9:22

Exo 9:22 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Stretch forth^H5186 thine hand^H3027 toward heaven,^H8064 that there may be hail^H1259 in all the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 upon man,^H120 and upon beast,^H929 and upon every herb^H6212 of the field,^H7704 throughout the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

Exo 9:25

Exo 9:25 - And the hail^H1259 smote^H5221 throughout all the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 all that was in the field,^H7704 both man^H120 and beast;^H929 and the hail^H1259 smote^H5221 every herb^H6212 of the field,^H7704 and brake^H7665 every tree^H6086 of the field.^H7704

Exo 10:12

Exo 10:12 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Stretch out^H5186 thine hand^H3027 over the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 for the locusts,^H697 that they may come up^H5927 upon the land^H776 of Egypt,^H4714 and eat^H398 every herb^H6212 of the land,^H776 even all that the hail^H1259 hath left.^H7604

Exo 10:15

Exo 10:15 - For they covered^H3680 the face^H5869 of the whole earth,^H776 so that the land^H776 was darkened;^H2821 and they did eat^H398 every herb^H6212 of the land,^H776 and all the fruit^H6529 of the trees^H6086 which the hail^H1259 had left:^H3498 and there remained^H3498 not any green thing^H3418 in the trees,^H6086 or in the herbs^H6212 of the field,^H7704 through all the land^H776 of Egypt.^H4714

Deu 11:15

Deu 11:15 - And I will send^H5414 grass^H6212 in thy fields^H7704 for thy cattle,^H929 that thou mayest eat^H398 and be full.^H7646

Deu 29:23

Deu 29:23 - And that the whole land^H776 thereof is brimstone,^H1614 and salt,^H4417 and burning,^H8316 that it is not sown,^H2232 nor beareth,^H6779 nor any grass^H6212 groweth^H5927 therein, like the overthrow^H4114 of Sodom,^H5467 and Gomorrah,^H6017 Admah,^H126 and Zeboim,^H6636 which the LORD^H3068 overthrew^H2015 in his anger,^H639 and in his wrath:^H2534

Deu 32:2

Deu 32:2 - My doctrine^H3948 shall drop^H6201 as the rain,^H4306 my speech^H565 shall distil^H5140 as the dew,^H2919 as the small rain^H8164 upon the tender herb,^H1877 and as the showers^H7241 upon the grass:^H6212

2Ki 19:26

2Ki 19:26 - Therefore their inhabitants^H3427 were of small^H7116 power,^H3027 they were dismayed^H2865 and confounded;^H954 they were as the grass^H6212 of the field,^H7704 and as the green^H3419 herb,^H1877 as the grass^H2682 on the housetops,^H1406 and as corn blasted^H7711 before^H6440 it be grown up.^H7054

Job 5:25

Job 5:25 - Thou shalt know^H3045 also that thy seed^H2233 shall be great,^H7227 and thine offspring^H6631 as the grass^H6212 of the earth.^H776

Psa 72:16

Psa 72:16 - There shall be an handful^H6451 of corn^H1250 in the earth^H776 upon the top^H7218 of the mountains;^H2022 the fruit^H6529 thereof shall shake^H7493 like Lebanon:^H3844 and they of the city^H5892 shall flourish^H6692 like grass^H6212 of the earth.^H776

Psa 92:7

Psa 92:7 - When the wicked^H7563 spring^H6524 as the grass,^H6212 and when all the workers^H6466 of iniquity^H205 do flourish;^H6692 it is that they shall be destroyed^H8045 for ever:^H5703

Psa 102:4

Psa 102:4 - My heart^H3820 is smitten,^H5221 and withered^H3001 like grass;^H6212 so that I forget^H7911 to eat^H398 my bread.^H3899

Psa 102:11

Psa 102:11 - My days^H3117 are like a shadow^H6738 that declineth;^H5186 and I am withered^H3001 like grass.^H6212

Psa 104:14

Psa 104:14 - He causeth the grass^H2682 to grow^H6779 for the cattle,^H929 and herb^H6212 for the service^H5656 of man:^H120 that he may bring forth^H3318 food^H3899 out of the earth;^H776

Psa 105:35

Psa 105:35 - And did eat up^H398 all the herbs^H6212 in their land,^H776 and devoured^H398 the fruit^H6529 of their ground.^H127

Psa 106:20

Psa 106:20 - Thus they changed^H4171 their glory^H3519 into the similitude^H8403 of an ox^H7794 that eateth^H398 grass.^H6212

Pro 19:12

Pro 19:12 - The king's^H4428 wrath^H2197 is as the roaring^H5099 of a lion;^H3715 but his favour^H7522 is as dew^H2919 upon the grass.^H6212

Pro 27:25

Pro 27:25 - The hay^H2682 appeareth,^H1540 and the tender grass^H1877 sheweth^H7200 itself, and herbs^H6212 of the mountains^H2022 are gathered.^H622

Isa 37:27

Isa 37:27 - Therefore their inhabitants^H3427 were of small^H7116 power,^H3027 they were dismayed^H2865 and confounded:^H954 they were as the grass^H6212 of the field,^H7704 and as the green^H3419 herb,^H1877 as the grass^H2682 on the housetops,^H1406 and as corn blasted^H7709 before^H6440 it be grown up.^H7054

Isa 42:15

Isa 42:15 - I will make waste^H2717 mountains^H2022 and hills,^H1389 and dry up^H3001 all their herbs;^H6212 and I will make^H7760 the rivers^H5104 islands,^H339 and I will dry up^H3001 the pools.^H98

Jer 12:4

Jer 12:4 - How long shall the land^H776 mourn,^H56 and the herbs^H6212 of every field^H7704 wither,^H3001 for the wickedness^H7451 of them that dwell^H3427 therein? the beasts^H929 are consumed,^H5595 and the birds;^H5775 because they said,^H559 He shall not see^H7200 our last end.^H319

Jer 14:6

Jer 14:6 - And the wild asses^H6501 did stand^H5975 in the high places,^H8205 they snuffed up^H7602 the wind^H7307 like dragons;^H8577 their eyes^H5869 did fail,^H3615 because there was no grass.^H6212

Amo 7:2

Amo 7:2 - And it came to pass, that when they had made an end^H3615 of eating^H398 the grass^H6212 of the land,^H776 then I said,^H559 O Lord^H136 GOD,^H3069 forgive,^H5545 I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob^H3290 arise?^H6965 for he is small.^H6996

Mic 5:7

Mic 5:7 - And the remnant^H7611 of Jacob^H3290 shall be in the midst^H7130 of many^H7227 people^H5971 as a dew^H2919 from the LORD,^H3068 as the showers^H7241 upon the grass,^H6212 that tarrieth^H6960 not for man,^H376 nor waiteth^H3176 for the sons^H1121 of men.^H120

Zec 10:1

Zec 10:1 - Ask^H7592 ye of the LORD^H3068 rain^H4306 in the time^H6256 of the latter rain;^H4456 so the LORD^H3068 shall make^H6213 bright clouds,^H2385 and give^H5414 them showers^H1653 of rain,^H4306 to every one^H376 grass^H6212 in the field.^H7704

Lexicon :: Strong's H6212 - ʿēśeḇ

עֵשֶׂב

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