Dict: easton - Herb

Herb @

(1.) Heb. 'eseb, any green plant; herbage kjv@Genesis:1:11-12, 29, 30; kjv@2:5; 3:18, etc.); comprehending vegetables and all green herbage kjv@Amos:7:1-2).

(2.) Yarak, green; any green thing; foliage of trees ( kjv@2Kings:19:26; kjv@Psalms:37:2); a plant; herb kjv@Deuteronomy:11:10).

(3.) Or, meaning "light" In kjv@Isaiah:26:19 it means "green herbs;" in kjv@2Kings:4:39 probably the fruit of some plant.

(4.) Merorim, plural, "bitter herbs," eaten by the Israelites at the Passover kjv@Exodus:12:8; kjv@Numbers:9:11). They were bitter plants of various sorts, and referred symbolically to the oppression in Egypt.