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Lexicon :: Strong's H1877 - deše'

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דֶּשֶׁא
Transliteration
deše'
Pronunciation
deh'-sheh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 456a

Strong’s Definitions

דֶּשֶׁא desheʼ, deh'-sheh; from H1876; a sprout; by analogy, grass:—(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H1877 in the following manner: grass (8x), herb (6x), green (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H1877 in the following manner: grass (8x), herb (6x), green (1x).

  1. grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דֶּשֶׁא desheʼ, deh'-sheh; from H1876; a sprout; by analogy, grass:—(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.
STRONGS H1877: Abbreviations
† דֶּ֫שֶׁא noun masculineIsaiah 15:6 grass (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian dišu, herb, LyonSargontexte 69; Sabean דתֿא fresh shoots DHMZMG 1875, 597 = springtime CISiv. p. 11; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, bdb020601 (compare LagBN 130)) — ד׳ absolute Genesis 1:11+ 13 times — accusative of congnate meaning with verb תַּדְשֵׁא Genesis 1:11; compare Genesis 1:12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2 Samuel 23:4; of a second crop of grass Proverbs 21:25 (opposed to חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God לְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶ֑שֶׁא Job 38:27; refreshed by rain Deuteronomy 32:2; נְאוֺת ד׳ Psalm 23:2; as food of wild ass Job 6:5; as failing (withered) Isaiah 15:6; lacking for animals Jeremiah 14:5; וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא simile of weakness 2 Kings 19:26 (|| עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה) = Isaiah 37:27; of transitoriness (withering) Psalm 37:2 (יֶרֶק ד׳); of growth and prosperity, Isaiah 66:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1883.
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

Deuteronomy

32:2

2 Samuel

23:4

2 Kings

19:26

Job

6:5; 38:27

Psalms

23:2; 37:2

Proverbs

21:25

Isaiah

15:6; 15:6; 37:27; 66:14

Jeremiah

14:5

H1877

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1877 matches the Hebrew דֶּשֶׁא (deše'),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 - He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:6 - The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched[fn] before it grows up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:14 - When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:5 - Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions,
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