H6212 עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb) eh'seb

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

vegetation

Strong's Definition

grass (or any tender shoot)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green);

KJV Usage: grass, herb.

TWOT Reference: 1707a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) herb, herbage, grass, green plants

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1008 G5515 G5527 G5528

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֵ֫שֶׂב (e.sev) — vegetation. herb, herbage, grass, green plants Aramaic equivalent: a.sav (עֲשַׂב "grass" H6211B)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֵשֶׂב (H6212)

noun m

Crops

grass, green plant, vegetation, herbage = any of various plants, herbs, grasses, seed-bearing vegetation that can be consumed by humans and animals; ≈ associated with both abundance and things that do not last

GEN 1:11 · GEN 1:12 · GEN 1:29 · GEN 1:30 · GEN 2:5 · GEN 3:18 · GEN 9:3 · EXO 9:22 · EXO 9:25 · EXO 10:12 · EXO 10:15 · EXO 10:15 · DEU 11:15 · DEU 29:22 · DEU 32:2 · 2KI 19:26 · JOB 5:25 · PSA 72:16 · PSA 92:8 · PSA 102:5 · PSA 102:12 · PSA 104:14 · PSA 105:35 · PSA 106:20 · PRO 19:12 · PRO 27:25 · ISA 37:27 · ISA 42:15 · JER 12:4 · JER 14:6 · AMO 7:2 · MIC 5:6 · ZEC 10:1

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֵ֫שֶׂב n.m. herb, herbage base

Bible Occurrences (32)

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

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

11:15 29:23 32:2

19:26

5:25

72:16 92:7 102:4 102:11 104:14 105:35 106:20

19:12 27:25

37:27 42:15

12:4 14:6

7:2

5:7

10:1

Genesis 1:11

Then God said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing... plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind -. And it was so.

Genesis 1:12

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing... plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed... according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29

Then God said, Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains... seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth — everything that has the breath of life in it — [I have given] every green plant for food. And it was so.

Genesis 2:5

Now [no] shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not [yet] sent rain upon the earth, and [there was] no man to cultivate the ground.

Genesis 3:18

Both thorns and thistles it {will} yield for you, and you {will} eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 9:3

Everything that lives [and] moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

Exodus 9:22

Then the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt— on man... and beast... and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.