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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