# H3 אֵב

אֵב (ʼêb), Strong’s H3: a green plant KJV: greenness, fruit.. Occurs 2 times.

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*ʼêb* — a green plant

KJV: greenness, fruit.

Derived from [אָבִיב ʼâbîyb](https://besorah.bible/word/H24) (green, i.e. a young ear of grain)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אֵב] n.[m.] freshness, fresh green (Lag B N 207 inf. ibb; thence concr., cf. Ar.; above stem & mng. better than √ אנב (spring) cf. As., fruit, Aram. אִנְבֵּהּ (q.v.) Dl HA 65, Pr 114) עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ while in its freshness (i.e. אָחוּ, reed) Jb 8:12; concr., pl. green shoots בְּאִבֵּי הַנַּחַל Ct 6:11 (∥ הֲפָֽרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמֹּנִֽים׃).

## Where it occurs
- [Job 8:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/8?v=12) — While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
- [Song of Songs 6:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/6?v=11) — I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the…
