Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  4000 Creation  »  4400 Vegetation and food  »  4502 reed

A plant that grows in water

Job 8:11 See also Genesis 41:1-4,17-21; Exodus 2:1-6; 1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isaiah 19:6; Isaiah 35:7

Reeds are weak and fragile plants

Matthew 11:7 pp Luke 7:24 See also 2 Kings 18:21 pp Isaiah 36:6; Isaiah 58:5; Matthew 12:20; Isaiah 42:3

Uses of reeds

For fuel

Job 41:20

As measuring rods

Revelation 11:1

The metaphorical use of reeds

Isaiah 9:14-15 See also Isaiah 19:14-15; Ezekiel 29:6-7

See also

4402  plants
5801  brokenness
8357  weakness