Strong’s H6212 · Hebrew

עֶשֶׂב
ʻeseb
eh'seb

Definition

grass (or any tender shoot)

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

  • grass
  • herb

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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