Topic
Hay
6 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.
- Proverbs 27:25Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
- Isaiah 15:6Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
- Psalms 37:2Smith
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- Isaiah 5:24Smith
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of…
- Isaiah 33:11Smith
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Nave General scriptures concerning
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews; straw was used instead. They cut the grass green as it was needed. The word rendered “hay” in Prov. 27:25 means the first shoots of the grass. In Isa. 15:6 the Revised Version has correctly “grass,” where the Authorized Version has “hay.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
ha.
See GRASS.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.