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  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. Yarak, green; any green thing; foliage of trees (2Kg 19:26; Ps 372); a plant; herb (Deut 11:10).
  3. Or, meaning "light" In Isa 26:19 it means "green herbs;" in 2Kg 4:39 probably the fruit of some plant.
  4. Merorim, plural, "bitter herbs," eaten by the Israelites at the Passover (Ex 12:8; Num 9:11). They were bitter plants of various sorts, and referred symbolically to the oppression in Egypt.


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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