Dictionary entry

Herbs, &C

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Called the green herbs 2Ki 19:26

GOD

Created Ge 1:11,12; 2:5

Causes to grow Job 38:27; Ps 104:14

Each kind of, contains its own seed Ge 1:11,12

Given as food to man Ge 1:28,29; 9:3

FOUND IN

The fields Jer 12:4

The mountains Pr 27:25

The marshes Job 8:11

The deserts Job 24:5; Jer 17:6

Cultivated in gardens De 11:10; 1Ki 21:2

Cultivated for food Pr 15:17; Heb 6:7

Require rain dew De 32:2; Job 38:26,27

Mode of watering, alluded to De 11:10

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Aloe So 4:14

Anise Mt 23:23

Barley Ex 9:31; 2Sa 14:30

Beans 2Sa 17:28

Bulrushes Ex 2:3; Isa 58:5

Calamus So 4:14

Cummin Isa 28:27; Mt 23:23

Cucumber Nu 11:5; Isa 1:8

Fitches Isa 28:25,27

Flag Ex 2:3; Job 8:11

Flax Ex 9:31

Garlic Nu 11:5

Gourds 2Ki 4:39

Grass Nu 22:4

Heath Jer 17:6; 48:6

Hyssop Ex 12:22; 1Ki 4:33

Leeks Nu 11:5

Lentiles Ge 25:34

Mandrakes Ge 30:14; So 7:13

Mallows Job 30:4

Millet Eze 4:9

Melon Nu 11:5

Mint Mt 23:23

Myrrh So 4:14

Onions Nu 11:5

Reeds Job 40:21; Isa 19:6

Rushes Job 8:11

Rye Ex 9:32

Saffron So 4:14

Spikenard So 4:14

Tares or Darnel Mt 13:30

Wheat Ex 9:32; Jer 12:13

Bitter, used at passover Ex 12:8; Nu 9:11

Poisonous, not fit for man's use 2Ki 4:39,40

DESTROYED BY

Hail and lightning Ex 9:22-25

Locusts, &c Ex 10:12,15; Ps 105:34,35

Drought Isa 42:15

Tithable among the Jews Lu 11:42

Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints Ro 14:2

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of the wicked 2Ki 19:26; Ps 37:2

(Dew on,) of grace given to saints Isa 18:4