What does "Grass" mean in the Bible?
This word is frequently applied in the Scriptures to herbage generally, Isa 15:6, though sometimes distinction is made between such herbs as are used by man as grain and vegetables, and such as are used chiefly by cattle. Grass appears in 26 verses across 11 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Grass?
GRASS. Isa 51:12. This word is frequently applied in the Scriptures to herbage generally, Isa 15:6, though sometimes distinction is made between such herbs as are used by man as grain and vegetables, and such as are used chiefly by cattle. Ps 104:14. The quick growth and tenderness of this species of vegetation furnish several of the most striking illustrations of the Scriptures. Ps 90:5-6; Ps 92:7; Ps 103:15-16; Isa 40:6-8; Jer 51:12; Jas 1:10; 1 Pet 1:24. The passage in Prov 27:25 would be more accurately rendered thus: "The grass (hay) appeareth, and the green herb (tender grass) showeth itself, and the plants (herbs) of the mountains are gathered." So in Isa 15:6: "The grass (hay) withereth, the green herb (grass) faileth, there is no green thing." Nothing can exceed in beauty and appropriateness the gradation of images employed by the prophet, 2 Kgs 19:26; the weakness and tenderness of the first shoots of any green herb; the frailty of the few spires of grass that sometimes spring up in the vegetable mould or shallow earth upon the housetop, or the withered blade of corn (grain) blasted before it rises into a stalk. Coarse herbage was often dried, as it is still, for the purpose of heating ovens. Under the fierce rays of a Syrian sun, joined to parching winds, it often happens that "the grass of the field which to-day is, . . . to-morrow is cast into the oven." Matt 6:30; Matt 13:30; Luke 12:28.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Grass?
Where does Grass appear in the Bible?
Grass is referenced in 26 verses across 11 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Kings 18:5
- 1 Peter 1:24
- 2 Kings 19:26
- Isaiah 15:6
- Isaiah 35:7
- Isaiah 37:27
- Isaiah 40:6
- Isaiah 40:7
- Isaiah 40:8
- Isaiah 44:4
- Isaiah 51:12
- John 6:10
- Job 8:12
- Job 40:15
- Luke 12:28
- Matthew 6:30
- Matthew 14:19
- Mark 6:39
- Psalms 37:2
- Psalms 90:5
- Psalms 103:15
- Psalms 104:14
- Psalms 129:6
- Psalms 147:8
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Open all 26 references in ProtosWhat else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Grass.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Grass?
Grass appears in 26 verses across 11 books, most often in Isaiah, which accounts for 8 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Grass?
Isaiah, Psalms, Job, Matthew, Revelation, 1 Kings, 1 Peter, 2 Kings, and 3 more.
Where can I read every verse about Grass?
This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 26, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
