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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6212 - עֵשֶׂב

Transliteration

ʻeseb

Phonetics

eh'-seb

Origin

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

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1707a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

herb, herbage, grass, green plants

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1008 ‑ βοτάνη (bot‑an'‑ay); 5515 ‑ χλωρός (khlo‑ros'); 5527 ‑ χόρτασμα (khor'‑tas‑mah); 5528 ‑ χόρτος (khor'‑tos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (33)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (33)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

CSB (29)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Daniel 5

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (48)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Song of Solomon 15

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (33)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

LEB (33)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

Genesis 7

Exodus 5

Deuteronomy 4

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 7

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

ASV (33)

all their herbs 1

and herb 1

and no herb 1

and the herbs 1

and upon every herb 1

as the grass 2

because there is no herbage 1

every herb 4

grass 3

herb 2

herbs 2

itself, and the herbs 1

like grass 3

nor any grass 1

or herb 1

the grass 1

the herb 1

they were as the grass 2

upon the grass 2

upon the herb 1

you every herb 1

BSB (33)

and crops 1

and provides crops 1

and the grain 1

and the grass 1

every green plant 1

grass 3

like grass 2

like the grass 1

of pasture 1

or plant 1

plant 8

plants 5

tender plants 1

the grass 2

the plants 2

their vegetation 1

will be like the grass 1

CSB (29)

crops 2

grass 5

like grass 1

like the grass 2

plant 7

plants 5

the grain 1

the grass 1

the plants 4

the vegetation 1

ESV (48)

grass 11

herbs 1

plant 8

plants 23

vegetation 5

KJV (33)

grass 16

herb 12

herbs 5

LEB (33)

and herbs 1

and the herbs of 1

and the vegetation of 1

grass 2

green plants of 1

like grass 2

like plants of 1

like the grass of 1

like the vegetation of 1

new growth 1

nor in the vegetation of 1

plant 2

plant of 1

plants 3

the grass 2

the plants of 1

the vegetation 1

the vegetation of 5

their herbage to wither 1

vegetation 4

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (34)

all their herbs 1

and no herb 1

and on every herb 1

and plants 1

and the herbs 1

as the grass 1

because there is no herbage 1

every herb 3

every plant 1

for the plants 1

grass 2

herb 2

herbs 2

like grass 2

nor any grass 1

on the grass 2

on the herb 1

on the tender grass 1

or herb 1

the grass 1

the grasses 1

the herb 1

they were like the grass 2

thriving like the grass 1

up as the grass 1

you every herb 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2561) b x o (אהסב AhSB) AC: ? CO: Herb AB: ?: The grasses and herbs of the field.

N^f) b x o (אהסב AhSB) - Herb: [df: bVe] KJV (45): herb, grass - Strongs: H6211 (עָשׁ), H6212 (עֵשֶׂב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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), + מְּרִי הָעֵץ 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֵשֶׂב with suff. עֶשְּׂבָּם plur. constr. עִשְּׂבוֹת (with Dag. euphon.) Proverbs 27:25 green herb, full grown and in seed (in which it differs from דֶּשֶׁא); herbs for the food of man, Genesis 1:11, 12 2:5 3:18 Exodus 10:12, 15 Exodus 10:15; Psalms 104:14 (Arab. عُشْبُ id. From the same stock are, perhaps, herba, φορβή, r and s being interchanged).

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List of Word Forms

וְ֭עֵשֶׂב וְעֵ֥שֶׂב וּבְעֵ֥שֶׂב ובעשב ועשב כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב כָ֭עֵשֶׂב כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב כעשב עִשְּׂב֥וֹת עֵ֑שֶׂב עֵ֔שֶׂב עֵ֖שֶׂב עֵ֗שֶׂב עֵ֚שֶׂב עֵ֣שֶׂב עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀ עֵ֤שֶׂב עֵ֥שֶׂב עֵֽשֶׂב׃ עֶשְׂבָּ֖ם עשב עשב׃ עשבות עשבם ‘ê·śeḇ ‘eś·bām ‘eśbām ‘êśeḇ ‘iś·śə·ḇō·wṯ ‘iśśəḇōwṯ Chaesev esBam Esev isseVot kā‘êśeḇ ḵā‘êśeḇ kā·‘ê·śeḇ ḵā·‘ê·śeḇ kaEsev kə‘êśeḇ kə·‘ê·śeḇ keEsev ū·ḇə·‘ê·śeḇ ūḇə‘êśeḇ uveEsev Veesev wə‘êśeḇ wə·‘ê·śeḇ