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Herb
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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hûrb , ûrb :
(1) ירק , yārāḳ , "green thing" ( Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 15:6 ); a garden of herbs" (Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 21:2 ); "(a dinner, the margin portion of) herbs" (Proverbs 15:17 ).
(2) עשׂב , ‛ēsebh ; compare Arabic ‛ushb , "herbage," "grass," etc.; "herbs yielding seed" ( Genesis 1:11 ); "herbage" for food (Genesis 1:30; Jeremiah 14:6 ); translated "grass" (Deuteronomy 11:15; Amos 7:2 ); "herbs" (Proverbs 27:25 , etc.).
(3) דּשׁא , deshe' , translated "herb" ( 2 Kings 19:26; Proverbs 27:25; Isaiah 37:27; Isaiah 66:14 the King James Version), but generally GRASS (which see).
(4) חציר , ḥācı̄r , vegetation generally, but translated GRASS (which see).
(5) ארת , 'ōrōth , אורת , 'ōwrōth (plural only), "green plants" or "herbs." In 2 Kings 4:39 the Talmud interprets it to mean "colewort," but it may mean any edible herbs which had survived the drought. In Isaiah 26:19 the expression "dew of herbs" is in the margin translated "dew of light" which is more probable (see DEW ), and the translation "heat upon herbs" (Isaiah 18:4 the King James Version) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "clear heat in sunshine."
(6) βοτάνη , botánē ( Hebrews 6:7 ).
(7) λάχανα , láchana = yārāḳ ( Matthew 13:32 ). See also BITTER HERBS .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Herb'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/herb.html. 1915.
