Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

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. Yarak, green; any green thing; foliage of trees (2 Ki. 19:26; Ps. 37:2); a plant; herb (Dt. 11:10).
  3. Or, meaning "light" In Isa. 26:19 it means "green herbs;" in 2 Ki. 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.

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