Topic
Grass
53 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 1:11Easton · ISBE · Nave · Torrey Created on the third creative day
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Psalms 129:6Easton · ISBE · Nave · Torrey On roofs of houses
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
- Matthew 6:30Easton · ISBE · Nave · Torrey God's care of
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?
- 1 Kings 18:5Easton · ISBE · Torrey DESTROYED BY — Drought
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- 2 Kings 19:26Easton · ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (On tops of houses,) of the wicked
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
- Psalms 72:6ISBE · Nave · Torrey Mown
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- Psalms 90:5Easton · Nave · Torrey FIGURATIVE
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- Psalms 104:14Easton · ISBE · Torrey GOD — Causes to grow
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- Isaiah 37:27Easton · ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (On tops of houses,) of the wicked
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
- Isaiah 40:6Easton · Nave · Torrey FIGURATIVE
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:
- Luke 12:28Easton · ISBE · Nave God's care of
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?
- 1 Peter 1:24ISBE · Nave · Torrey FIGURATIVE
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:
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- Genesis 1:12 Easton · Torrey GOD — Originally created
- Numbers 11:5 Easton · ISBE
- Numbers 22:4 ISBE · Torrey CALLED — Grass of the field
- Deuteronomy 11:15 ISBE · Torrey GOD — The giver of
- Deuteronomy 32:2 Easton · Torrey Refreshed by rain and dew
- 2 Samuel 23:4 ISBE · Torrey Springs out of the earth
- Job 6:5 ISBE · Torrey Cattle fed upon
- Job 40:15 Easton · ISBE
- Psalms 90:6 Nave · Torrey FIGURATIVE
- Proverbs 19:12 ISBE · Torrey Refreshed by rain and dew
- Proverbs 27:25 ISBE · Torrey When young, soft and tender
- Isaiah 15:6 ISBE · Torrey Failure of, a great calamity
- Isaiah 40:7 Easton · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of shortness and uncertainty of life
- Isaiah 66:14 Easton · ISBE
- Jeremiah 14:5 ISBE · Torrey Sufferings of cattle from failure of, described
- Jeremiah 50:11 ISBE · Torrey Cattle fed upon
- Micah 5:7 ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace
- Mark 6:39 ISBE · Torrey A green herb
- James 1:10 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
- James 1:11 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
- Revelation 8:7 ISBE · Torrey DESTROYED BY — Hail and lightning
- Revelation 9:4 ISBE · Torrey CALLED — Grass of the earth
- Deuteronomy 32:6 ISBE
- 1 Kings 17:1 Torrey DESTROYED BY — Drought
- Psalms 27:2 ISBE
- Psalms 92:7 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of prosperity of the wicked
- Psalms 103:15 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of shortness and uncertainty of life
- Psalms 147:8 Torrey GOD — Causes to grow
- Isaiah 5:24 ISBE
- Isaiah 15:5 Torrey Failure of, a great calamity
- Isaiah 33:11 ISBE
- Jeremiah 14:6 Torrey Sufferings of cattle from failure of, described
- Daniel 4:15 ISBE
- Daniel 4:23 ISBE
- Amos 7:1 ISBE
- Matthew 13:26 ISBE
- Matthew 13:30 Easton
- Matthew 14:19 ISBE
- Mark 4:28 ISBE
- John 6:10 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 3:12 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 17 references
(1.) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As the herbage rapidly fades under the scorching sun, it is used as an image of the brevity of human life (Isa. 40:6, 7; Ps. 90:5). In Num. 11:5 this word is rendered “leeks.”
(2.) Heb. deshe’, green grass (Gen. 1:11, 12; Isa. 66:14; Deut. 32:2). “The sickly and forced blades of grass which spring up on the flat plastered roofs of houses in the East are used as an emblem of speedy destruction, because they are small and weak, and because, under the scorching rays of the sun, they soon wither away” (2 Kings 19:26; Ps. 129:6; Isa. 37:27).
The dry stalks of grass were often used as fuel for the oven (Matt. 6:30; 13:30; Luke 12:28).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 46 references
gras:
(1) chatsir, from a root meaning "greenness"; compare Arabic Khudra, which includes grasses and green vegetables (1Ki 18:5; 2Ki 19:26; Job 40:15; Ps 104:14, etc.). Isa 15:6 is translated in the King James Version "have," the Revised Version (British and American) "grass"; Pr 27:25, English Versions of the Bible "hay," margin "Hebrew grass"; Nu 11:5 English Versions of the Bible translates "leeks." It is a term for herbage in general.
(2) deshe', from root meaning "to sprout abundantly." Generally translated "tender grass" (Ge 1:11 f; 2Sa 23:4; Job 6:5; Isa 15:6; 66:14; Jer 14:5, etc.); translated "grass" (Job 6:5; Jer 14:5); translated "herb" (2Ki 19:26; Ps 27:2; Isa 37:27; 66:14). In Jer 50:11 we have "heifer at grass" (deshe') in the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin, but in the Revised Version (British and American) "heifer that treadeth out the grain." (dethe'), the Aramaic form, occurs in Da 4:15,23, and is translated "tender grass."
(3) chashash, probably "dry" or "cut grass"; compare Arabic chashesh, "dry fodder" or "cut grass" (Isa 5:24, the King James Version "chaff," the Revised Version (British and American) "dry grass"; Isa 33:11, English Versions of the Bible "chaff").
(4) leqesh, from root meaning "to come late," hence used in Am 7:1 for the "latter growth" of grass after mowing.
(5) yereq, literally, "green thing" (Nu 22:4, elsewhere translated "herb").
(6) `esebh (De 11:15, etc.), generally translated "herb" (for (5) and (6) see HERB).
(7) chortos (Mt 6:30; 14:19; Mr 6:39; Lu 12:28; Joh 6:10; Jas 1:10,11; 1Pe 1:24; Re 8:7; 9:4); translated "blade" (Mt 13:26 Mr 4:28); translated "hay" (1Co 3:12).
There are 243 species of true grasses (Natural Order, Gramineae) in Palestine, but Hebrew, like modern Arabic, does not discriminate between these and other herbs which together make up herbage. Actual turf is practically unknown in Palestine, and grass seed is not artificially sown; young green barley is used in the neighborhood of towns as fresh fodder for horses and cattle. It is not the native custom to cut herbage for hay, though the writer has seen many carloads of sweet-smelling hay being carried from the land by Circassian settlers, East of the Jordan.
The "grass upon the house tops" (Ps 129:6; Isa 37:27), the growth which springs from the seeds mingled with the mud of which the roof is made, springs up quickly with the rains, but as quickly dries up before it reaches half its normal height--or not infrequently is set on fire.
Dew, rain or showers upon the grass are mentioned (De 32:6; Pr 19:12; Mic 5:7; Ps 72:6, "rain upon the mown grass," i.e. the grass eaten short by cattle).
E. W. G. Masterman
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 11 references, grouped by sub-topic
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 36 references, grouped by sub-topic
- A green herb Mr 6:39
- CALLED
- Springs out of the earth 2Sa 23:4
- GOD
- Often grew on the tops of houses Ps 129:6
- When young, soft and tender Pr 27:25
- Refreshed by rain and dew De 32:2; Pr 19:12
- Cattle fed upon Job 6:5; Jer 50:11
- Ovens often heated with Mt 6:30
- DESTROYED BY
- Failure of, a great calamity Isa 15:5,6
- Sufferings of cattle from failure of, described Jer 14:5,6
- ILLUSTRATIVE
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.