What does עֶשֶׂב mean in the Bible?
עֶשֶׂב is a Hebrew word meaning "grass (or any tender shoot)".
Hebrew · H6212
עֶשֶׂב
Grass (or any tender shoot)
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עֶשֶׂב H6212
What does עֶשֶׂב mean in the Bible?
עֶשֶׂב is a Hebrew word meaning "grass (or any tender shoot)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6212?
The BSB source-word alignment has 33 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include plant (8), plants (5), and the grass (2), grass (2), like grass (2).
Where does עֶשֶׂב appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (7), Psalms (7), Exodus (5), Deuteronomy (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It plant 8× Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:5, Exodus 9:22
plants 5× Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 9:3, 2 Kings 19:26
and the grass 2× Proverbs 27:25, Jeremiah 12:4
grass 2× Deuteronomy 11:15, Psalms 92:7
like grass 2× Psalms 102:4, Psalms 102:11
like the grass 2× Job 5:25, Psalms 72:16
the grass 2× Proverbs 19:12, Micah 5:7
the plants 2× Genesis 3:18, Exodus 10:15
. . . 1× Psalms 106:20
and crops 1× Zechariah 10:1
and provides crops 1× Psalms 104:14
every green plant 1× Amos 7:2
of pasture 1× Jeremiah 14:6
or plant 1× Exodus 10:15
tender plants 1× Deuteronomy 32:2
their vegetation 1× Isaiah 42:15
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:11 עֵ֚שֶׂב to plants Noun - masculine singular Genesis 1:12 עֵ֣שֶׂב to plants Noun - masculine singular Genesis 1:29 עֵ֣שֶׂב׀ to plant Noun - masculine singular Genesis 1:30 עֵ֖שֶׂב to plant Noun - masculine singular Genesis 2:5 עֵ֥שֶׂב to plant Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 3:18 עֵ֥שֶׂב to the plants Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 9:3 עֵ֔שֶׂב to plants Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:22 עֵ֥שֶׂב to plant Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 9:25 עֵ֤שֶׂב to plant Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 10:12 עֵ֣שֶׂב to plant Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:11
Aligned rows 33
Books represented 12
Genesis 7 Exodus 5 Deuteronomy 3 2 Kings 1 Job 1 Psalms 7 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 2 Amos 1 Micah 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
עֵ֣שֶׂב 6x ‘ê·śeḇ Genesis 1:12, Exodus 10:12, Exodus 10:15, Psalms 105:35
עֵ֥שֶׂב 5x ‘ê·śeḇ Genesis 2:5, Genesis 3:18, Exodus 9:22, Deuteronomy 11:15
עֵ֤שֶׂב 3x ‘ê·śeḇ Exodus 9:25, 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27
עֵֽשֶׂב׃ 3x ‘ê·śeḇ Deuteronomy 32:2, Psalms 106:20, Jeremiah 14:6
כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב 2x kə·‘ê·śeḇ Job 5:25, Psalms 72:16
עֵ֑שֶׂב 2x ‘ê·śeḇ Deuteronomy 29:23, Micah 5:7
וּבְעֵ֥שֶׂב 1x ū·ḇə·‘ê·śeḇ Exodus 10:15
וְ֭עֵשֶׂב 1x wə·‘ê·śeḇ Psalms 104:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 15x Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30
Noun - masculine singular construct 9x Genesis 2:5, Genesis 3:18, Exodus 9:22, Exodus 9:25
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Job 5:25, Psalms 72:16
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Psalms 102:4, Psalms 102:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 104:14
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Jeremiah 12:4
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Exodus 10:15
Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Proverbs 27:25
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. grass (or any tender shoot)
Source Gloss
grass (or any tender shoot)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
grass (or any tender shoot) BDB: herb Usage: grass, herb.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain