ʻeseb — H6212

H6212 · Hebrew — עשב

Pronunciation: eh'seb

Definition

masculine noun

grass (or any tender shoot)

  1. herb, herbage, grass, green plants

Usually translated as

grass, herb

Origin

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

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻeseb occurs 33 times in 32 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (4), Deuteronomy (3), 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (7), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Amos (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (1)