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עֶשֶׂב H6212
H6212 is the Hebrew word עֶשֶׂב, transliterated ʻeseb and said eh'seb. The King James Version most often renders it grass.
What it means
grass (or any tender shoot).
Where it comes from
from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: grass, herb.
Verses using עֶשֶׂב
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:11 · KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12 · KJV
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29 · KJV
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 1:30 · KJV
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Genesis 2:5 · KJV
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Genesis 3:18 · KJV
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 9:3 · KJV
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Exodus 9:22 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
Exodus 9:25 · KJV
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Exodus 10:12 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus 10:15 · KJV
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 11:15 · KJV
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
Deuteronomy 29:23 · KJV
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
2 Kings 19:26 · KJV
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Job 5:25 · KJV
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Psalm 72:16 · KJV
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Psalm 92:7 · KJV
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalm 102:4 · KJV
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalm 104:14 · KJV
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Psalm 105:35 · KJV
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
Proverbs 27:25 · KJV
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Isaiah 37:27 · KJV
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isaiah 42:15 · KJV
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Jeremiah 12:4 · KJV
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
Amos 7:2 · KJV
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Micah 5:7 · KJV
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Zechariah 10:1 · KJV
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6212 mean?
H6212 is the Hebrew word עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb), meaning grass (or any tender shoot).
How is H6212 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it grass (8 times), herb (6 times), every herb (5 times), herbs (3 times), like grass (2 times), among others.
How many times does H6212 appear in the Bible?
עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6212 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green).
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