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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BITTER HERBS

hurbs, or urbs (merorim): Originally in the primitive Passover (Exodus 12:8 Numbers 9:11) these were probably merely salads, the simplest and quickest prepared form of vegetable accompaniment to the roasted lamb. Such salads have always been favorites in the Orient. Cucumbers, lettuce, water-cress, parsley and endive are some of those commonly used. Later on the Passover ritual (as it does today) laid emphasis on the idea of "bitterness" as symbolical of Israel's lot in Egypt. In modern Palestine the Jews use chiefly lettuce and endive for the "bitter herbs" of their Passover. In Lamentations 3:15 the same word is used: "He hath filled me with bitterness merorim, he hath sated me with wormwood." Here the parallelism with "wormwood" suggests some plant more distinctly bitter than the mild salads mentioned above, such, for example, as the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthus) or the violently irritating squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).

E. W. G. Masterman

Greek

5521. chole -- gall (a bitter herb)
... gall (a bitter herb). Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: chole Phonetic
Spelling: (khol-ay') Short Definition: gall, bitter herbs Definition: gall ...
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2779. kepos -- a garden
... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kepos Phonetic Spelling: (kay'-pos) Short Definition:
a garden Definition: a garden, any place planted with trees and herbs. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3419. yaraq -- herbs, herbage
... 3418, 3419. yaraq. 3420 . herbs, herbage. Transliteration: yaraq Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-rawk') Short Definition: green. ... green, herbs. ...
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219b. orah -- an herb
... orah. 220 . an herb. Transliteration: orah Short Definition: herbs. Word Origin
from or Definition an herb NASB Word Usage herbs (1). 219a, 219b. orah. 220 ...
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4844. maror -- bitter thing, bitter herb
... 4843, 4844. maror or maror. 4845 . bitter thing, bitter herb. Transliteration:
maror or maror Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ore') Short Definition: herbs. ...
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4840. merqach -- spice, perfume
... 4839, 4840. merqach. 4841 . spice, perfume. Transliteration: merqach Phonetic
Spelling: (mer-kawkh') Short Definition: herbs. Word ...
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6212a. eseb -- herb, herbage
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition herb, herbage NASB Word Usage grass
(8), herb (1), herbs (1), plant (9), plants (3), vegetation (11). 6212, 6212a. ...
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Library

Why God Has Blessed Men, Fishes, Flying Creatures, and not Herbs ...
... Book XIII. Chapter XXIV."Why God Has Blessed Men, Fishes, Flying Creatures,
and Not Herbs and the Other Animals (Ver. 28). 35. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxiv why god has blessed.htm

Why Choice of Meats was Prescribed.
... a just man, to eat of every animal, but not of flesh with the blood, which is dead."
[1996] And as he was ready to say, "as the green herbs," I anticipated him ...
/.../chapter xx why choice of meats.htm

For, in the First Place, He is of Opinion that "Thunders...
... the works of God, they are brought into existence not more for the support of us
who are human beings, than for that of plants, and trees, and herbs, and thorns ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxv for in the.htm

Hebrews vi. 7, 8
... "For the Earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily x hebrews vi 7.htm

Interpretation of the Expression in I Tim. Ii. 4:00 "Who Will have ...
... He says to the Pharisees: "Ye tithe mint, and rue, and every herb." [1297] For the
Pharisees did not tithe what belonged to others, nor all the herbs of all ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 103 interpretation of the expression.htm

Meditation vi. The Last Pasch.
... the Paschal roast meat, then came a plate with green vegetables balanced against
each other, and another plate with small bundles of bitter herbs, which had ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/meditation vi the last pasch.htm

The Mustard Seed
... the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth, yet when
it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 30-34 the mustard seed.htm

Of the Three Woe Trumpets.
... that they should not hurt any herb, (for this is the meaning ofchortos with the
Hellenists,) nor any thing green, nor any tree, unless those herbs, trees, and ...
/.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/of the three woe trumpets.htm

The Embalming of the Body of Jesus.
... They then placed beneath his hips a sheet which was a yard in width and three in
length, laid upon his lap bundles of sweet-scented herbs, and shook over the ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter li the embalming of.htm

The Life of Adam
... The third day were made on the earth herbs and fruits in their kind. ... And there is
a well, which casteth out water for to water the trees and herbs of Paradise. ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of adam.htm

Topical Bible Verses

Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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John 19:29-30
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
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Psalm 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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Numbers 9:11
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
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Exodus 12:8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
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Thesaurus

Mustard (5 Occurrences)
... This garden herb sometimes grows to a considerable height, so as to be spoken of
as "a tree" as compared with garden herbs. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Vegetation (18 Occurrences)
... Genesis 1:11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and
fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth ...
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Pulse (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Dan. 1:12, 16), RV "herbs," vegetable food in general.
Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Leguminous plants ...
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Garden (68 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the
cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. (n ...
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Bitter (203 Occurrences)
... The Passover was to be eaten with "bitter herbs" (Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11).
The kind of herbs so designated is not known. ... BITTER HERBS. ...
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Thereof (845 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is
the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air ...
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Yielding (19 Occurrences)
... Genesis 1:11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and
fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth ...
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Vegetable (3 Occurrences)
... to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed
your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs; (See NAS ...
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Nests (9 Occurrences)
... But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that
the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches." (See RSV). ...
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Lodge (64 Occurrences)
... But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that
the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches." (WEB KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Herbs (24 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 4:32 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
(KJV WBS NIV)

Romans 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 1:11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.
(WEB ASV)

Genesis 1:12 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
(WEB ASV)

Exodus 12:8 They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 9:11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 11:15 and I have given herbs in thy field for thy cattle, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied.
(YLT)

1 Kings 21:2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Kings 4:39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 30:4 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 106:20 And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
(YLT)

Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Proverbs 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Song of Songs 5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
(ASV JPS NAS)

Isaiah 18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Lamentations 3:15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Herbs

Herbs of the Wicked

Herbs were Sometimes Used Instead of Animal Food by Weak Saints

Herbs: (Dew On) of Grace Given to Saints

Herbs: Bitter, Used at Passover

Herbs: Bulrushes