'Sprout' in the Bible
Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you.”
“For affliction does not come from the dust,Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
“For there is hope for a tree,When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,And its shoots will not fail.
To satisfy the waste and desolate landAnd to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
In the days to come Jacob will take root,Israel will blossom and sprout,And they will fill the whole world with fruit.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,And do not return there without watering the earthAnd making it bear and sprout,And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
“On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
His shoots will sprout,And his beauty will be like the olive treeAnd his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.