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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(for gnawing). Large figurative use (
Psa. 90:5-6
5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. (Psalm 90:5‑6)
;
Isa. 40:6,8
6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: (Isaiah 40:6)
8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isaiah 40:8)
;
James 1:10-11
10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. (James 1:10‑11)
;
1 Peter 1:24
24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: (1 Peter 1:24)
);
sometimes
herbage in general (
Isa. 15:6
6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. (Isaiah 15:6)
); a fuel (
Matt. 6:30
30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Matthew 6:30)
;
Luke 12:28
28
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Luke 12:28)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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A field in
Israel
(with anemone coronaria).
This word is often used in
scripture
for any kind of small herb or fodder. It is frequently referred to metaphorically to represent human frailty. “Surely the people is grass: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth” (
Isa. 40:7-8
7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isaiah 40:7‑8)
). It is growing one
day
, and the next it is cast into the
oven
as fuel (
Matt. 6:30
30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Matthew 6:30)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6212
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
`eseb
Phonic:
eh’seb
Meaning:
from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV Usage:
grass, herb
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