Strong’s H3 · Hebrew
אֵב
ʼêb
abe
Definition
a green plant
Etymology
from the same as H24 (אָבִיב);
Where the KJV renders it
- greenness
- fruit
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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