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Herb

Herbal • Herbs

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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Herb; Herbage

Herb; Herbage[Heb ʿēśeḇ (Gen. 2:5; Dt. 32:2; Prov. 27:25; Isa. 42:15; Jer. 14:6), ʾōrâ (2 K. 4:39), dešeʾ (Ps. 37:2), yārāq (Prov. 15:17); Gk. láchanon (Lk. 11:42)]; AV also GRASS (Dt. 32:2; Jer. 14:6); NEB also PLANT (Gen. 2:5), YOUNG PLANT (Dt. 32:2), VEGETABLES (Prov. 15:17), GREEN GROWTH

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Herb

HERB Plant valued for its culinary, medicinal, or aromatic properties. See Plants (Cummin; Dill; Mint; Nard); Bitter Herbs.

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Herbs

herbs, plants gathered for flavor, aroma, or medicinal value (2 Kings 4:39). Bitter herbs were used at Passover as a symbol of suffering (Exod. 12:8; Num. 9:11). Jesus commends the Pharisees for paying scrupulous attention to tithes on “mint and rue and herbs of all kind,” but he attacks them for neglecting

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Herbs and Spices

HERBS AND SPICES. Here considered in the popular sense of edible culinary, or sometimes medicinal, plants, although strictly a herb is a non-woody plant with seasonal foliage and varying expectation of life in the root. This selection of species mentioned in the Bible is complementary to the articles

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Herbs

HerbsA general term designating all forms of green plants suitable for human consumption. As with much biblical terminology for natural phenomena, usage is frequently imprecise by modern standards. Herbs included vegetables (Heb. yārāq; Prov. 15:17) and condiments such as cummin, mint, and dill (Gk.

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Herbs

Herbs. A general term designating all forms of green plants suitable for human consumption. As with much biblical terminology for natural phenomena, usage is frequently imprecise by modern standards. Herbs included vegetables (Heb. yaraq; Prov. 15:17) and condiments such as cummin, mint, and dill (Gk.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Herb

Herb—(1.) Heb. ‘eseb, any green plant; herbage (Gen. 1:11, 12, 29, 30; 2:5; 3:18, etc.); comprehending vegetables and all green herbage (Amos 7:1, 2).(2.) 2 Kings 19:26; Ps. 37:2); a plant; herb (Deut. 11:10).(3.) Or, meaning “light” In Isa. 26:19 it means “green herbs;” in 2 Kings 4:39 probably the

Harper’s Bible Dictionary

Herbs

Herbsherbs, plants gathered for flavor, aroma, or medicinal value (2 Kings 4:39). Used at Passover, they were a symbol of suffering (Exod. 12:8; Num. 9:11), but they could comprise a modest meal (Prov. 15:17).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HERB

HERB<hurb>, <urb>:1. [יָרָק‎, yaraq], “green thing” (Ex 10:15; Isa 15:6); a garden of herbs” (Dt 11:10; 1 Ki 21:2); “(a dinner, the margin portion of) herbs” (Prov 15:17).2. [עֵשֶׂב‎, ̀esebh]; compare Arabic `ushb, “herbage,” “grass,” etc.; “herbs yielding seed” (Gen 1:11);

Compton’s Encyclopedia

herb

herbHerbs are the fresh or dried aromatic leaves of such plants as marjoram, mint, rosemary, and thyme. They are used primarily as seasonings to flavor and enhance food. Other food seasonings are spices, such as black pepper or cinnamon, and aromatic seeds, such as dill or sesame. Herbs are also used

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Herb

Herb. Many herbs are used for curative purposes simply because of their form or marks: thus, wood-sorrel, being shaped like a heart, is used as a cordial; liver-wort for the liver; the celandine, which has yellow juice, for the jaundice; herb-dragon, which is speckled like a dragon, to counteract the

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion

Herb

HERB.—In modern botanical science, ‘herb’ is a well-defined term, and is applied to plants whose stem dies down annually. In the Bible it is used in a popular sense, being employed to translate several Hebrew and Greek words of varying significance. In the NT it is (except in He 6:7, where the original