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Lexicon :: Strong's H6212 - ʿēśeḇ

Aa
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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - Then God H430 said H559, “Let the earth H776 sprout H1876 [fn]vegetation H1877, [fn]plants H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233, and fruit H6529 trees H6086 on the earth H776 bearing H6213 fruit H6529 according to [fn]their kind H4327 [fn]with seed H2233 in them”; and it was so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - The earth H776 produced H3318 [fn]vegetation H1877, [fn]plants H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233 according to [fn]their kind H4327, and trees H6086 bearing H6213 fruit H6529 [fn]with seed H2233 in them, according to [fn]their kind H4327; and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - Then God H430 said H559, “Behold H2009, I have given H5414 you every H3605 plant H6212 yielding H2232 seed H2233 that is on the [fn]surface H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776, and every H3605 tree H6086 [fn]which H834 has fruit H6529 yielding H2232 seed H2233; it shall be food H402 for you;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every H3605 animal H2416 of the earth H776 and to every H3605 bird H5775 of the sky H8064 and to everything H3605 that [fn]moves H7430 on the earth H776 [fn]which H834 has life H5315 H2416, I have given every H3605 green H3418 plant H6212 for food H402”; and it was so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - Now no H2962 H3605 shrub H7880 of the field H7704 was yet H2962 on the earth H776, and no H2962 H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704 had yet H2962 sprouted H6779, for the LORD H3068 God H430 had not sent H4305 rain H4305 upon the earth H776, and there was no H369 man H120 to [fn]cultivate H5647 the ground H127.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 -

“Both thorns H6975 and thistles H1863 it shall grow H6779 for you;

Yet you shall eat H398 the [fn]plants H6212 of the field H7704;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - “Every H3605 moving H7431 thing H7431 that is alive H2416 shall be food H402 for you; I have given H5414 everything H3605 to you, as I gave the green H3418 plant H6212.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 -

Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, so that [fn]hail H1259 may fall H1961 on all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, on every person H120 and animal H929, and on every H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704, throughout the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - The hail H1259 struck H5221 everything H3605 that was in the field H7704 through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714, from people H120 to animals H929; the hail H1259 also struck H5221 every H3605 plant H6212 of the field H7704, and shattered H7665 every H3605 tree H6086 of the field H7704.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 -

Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with your hand H3027 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for the locusts H697, so that they may come H5927 up H5927 on the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and eat H398 every H3605 plant H6212 of the land H776, everything H3605 that the hail H1259 has left H7604.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For they covered H3680 the surface H5869 of the whole H3605 land H776, so that the land H776 was darkened H2821; and they ate H398 every H3605 plant H6212 of the land H776 and all H3605 the fruit H6529 of the trees H6086 that the hail H1259 had left H3498. Therefore nothing H3808 H3605 green H3418 was left H3498 on tree H6086 or plant H6212 of the field H7704 throughout H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - [fn]He will also provide H5414 grass H6212 in your field H7704 for your cattle H929, and you will eat H398 and be H7646 satisfied H7646.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘All H3605 its land H776 is brimstone H1614 and salt H4417, burned H8316 debris H8316, [fn]unsown H3808 H2232 and unproductive H6779 H3808, and no H3808 H3605 grass H6212 grows H5927 on it, like the overthrow H4114 of Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017, Admah H126 and Zeboiim H6636, which H834 the LORD H3068 overthrew H2015 in His anger H639 and in His wrath H2534.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 -

“May my teaching H3948 drip H6201 as the rain H4306,

My speech H565 trickle H5140 as the dew H2919,

As droplets H8164 on the fresh H1877 grass H1877,

And as the showers H7241 on the vegetation H6212.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 -

‘Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were [fn]powerless H7116 H3027,

They were shattered H2865 and put H954 to H954 shame H954.

They were like the vegetation H6212 of the field H7704 and the green H3419 grass H1877,

Like grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 that is scorched H7711 before H6440 it has grown H7054.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 -

“You will also know H3045 that your [fn]descendants H2233 will be many H7227,

And your offspring H6631 as the grass H6212 of the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 -

May there be abundance H6451 of grain H1250 on the earth H776 on top H7218 of the mountains H2022;

Its fruit H6529 will wave H7493 like the cedars of Lebanon H3844;

And may those from the city H5892 flourish H6692 like the vegetation H6212 of the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 -

When the wicked H7563 sprouted H6524 up like H3644 grass H6212

And all H3605 who did H6466 injustice H205 flourished H6692,

It was only that they might be destroyed H8045 forevermore H5704 H5703.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 -

My heart H3820 has been struck H5221 like [fn]grass H6212 and has withered H3001,

Indeed H3588, I forget H7911 to eat H398 my bread H3899.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 -

My days H3117 are like a [fn]lengthened H5186 shadow H6738,

And [fn]I wither H3001 away like [fn]grass H6212.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 -

[fn]He causes the grass H2682 to grow H6779 for the [fn]cattle H929,

And vegetation H6212 for the labor H5656 of mankind H120,

So that [fn]they may produce H3318 [fn]food H3899 from the earth H776,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 -

And they ate H398 all H3605 the vegetation H6212 in their land H776,

And ate H398 the fruit H6529 of their ground H127.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 -

So they exchanged H4171 their glory H3519

For the image H8403 of an ox H7794 that eats H398 grass H6212.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 -

A king’s H4428 wrath H2197 is like the roaring H5099 of a lion H3715,

But his favor H7522 is like dew H2919 on the grass H6212.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 -

When the grass H2682 disappears H1540, the new H1877 growth H1877 is seen H7200,

And the herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered H622 in H622,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 -

“Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were [fn]powerless H7116 H3027,

They were shattered H2865 and put H954 to H954 shame H954;

They were like the vegetation H6212 of the field H7704 and the green H3419 grass H1877,

Like grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 [fn]that is scorched H7710 before H6440 it has grown H7054.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 -

“I will lay H2717 waste H2717 the mountains H2022 and hills H1389

And wither H3001 all H3605 their vegetation H6212;

I will turn H7760 the rivers H5104 into coastlands H339

And dry H3001 up H3001 the ponds H98.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 -

How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56,

And the vegetation H6212 of the [fn]countryside H3605 H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?

Due to the wickedness H7451 of those who live H3427 in it,

Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away H5595,

Because H3588 people have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our final H319 end H319.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 -

“The wild H6501 donkeys H6501 stand H5975 on the bare H8205 heights H8205;

They pant H7602 for air H7307 like jackals H8565,

Their eyes H5869 fail H3615

Because H3588 there H369 is H369 no H369 vegetation H6212.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it came H1961 about H1961, [fn]when H518 it had finished H3615 eating H398 the vegetation H6212 of the land H776, that I said H559,

“Lord H136 GOD H3068, please H4994 pardon H5545!

How H4310 can Jacob H3290 stand H6965?

For he is small H6996.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 -

Then the remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290

Will be among H7130 many H7227 peoples H5971

Like dew H2919 from the LORD H3068,

Like showers H7241 on vegetation H6212

That do not wait H6960 for man H376,

Or delay H3176 for [fn]mankind H1121 H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 -

Ask H7592 for rain H4306 from the LORD H3068 at the time H6256 of the spring H4456 rain H4456

The LORD H3068 who makes H6213 the [fn]storm H2385 winds H2385;

And He will give H5414 them showers H4306 of rain H1653, vegetation H6212 in the field H7704 to each person H376.

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