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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Sedge</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/s/sedge.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/exodus/2-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/s/sedge.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Sedge</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/s/sedekias.htm" title="Sedekias">◄</a> Sedge <a href="/topical/s/sedges.htm" title="Sedges">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Sedge is a term used to describe a group of grass-like plants that typically grow in wet ground or marshy areas. In the context of the Bible, sedge is often associated with the lush, fertile regions of Egypt and the Nile Delta, where such plants are abundant. The Hebrew word often translated as "sedge" is "gome," which can also refer to bulrushes or papyrus, plants that are closely related and share similar habitats.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a></b> · The account of Moses being placed in a basket among the reeds by the riverbank is a well-known biblical account involving sedge-like plants. The Berean Standard Bible states: "But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile." Here, the "reeds" are indicative of the sedge and similar plants that grow along the Nile, providing a natural hiding place for the infant Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6-7</a></b> · This passage describes the desolation that will come upon Egypt, affecting its natural resources, including the sedge. The BSB reads: "The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the sown land along the Nile will wither, blow away, and be no more." The mention of reeds and rushes highlights the importance of these plants in the Egyptian ecosystem and their vulnerability to divine judgment.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>In ancient Egypt, sedge and related plants like papyrus were of significant economic and cultural importance. Papyrus, in particular, was used for making paper, boats, mats, and other essential items. The presence of sedge in biblical narratives often symbolizes the fertility and prosperity of Egypt, as well as its reliance on the Nile River.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Interpretation:</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, sedge can symbolize both the providence of God and the fragility of human reliance on natural resources. In the account of Moses, the sedge provides a means of protection and deliverance, illustrating God's provision and care. Conversely, in Isaiah's prophecy, the withering of the sedge signifies the judgment and desolation that come from turning away from God.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br><br>Sedge, as referenced in the Bible, serves as a reminder of the intricate relationship between humanity, nature, and the divine. It underscores the themes of provision, judgment, and the transient nature of earthly resources, encouraging believers to place their trust in God's eternal promises rather than in the temporary comforts of the world.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A flock of herons.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xliv_the_way_to.htm"><span class="l">The Way to the Sea</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In another moment he came upon the old sea bed. It was sandy, <b>sedge</b>-grown, with<br> here and there a palm, and tremendously trampled. Israel had passed this way. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xliv the way to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_vi_dawn_in_the.htm"><span class="l">Dawn in the Hills</span></a> <br><b>...</b> All about it flourished the young growth of the rough <b>sedge</b> grass, green as emerald.<br> The spot was treeless and marked with broad low hummocks of new sod. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter vi dawn in the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_xii_the_prince_returns.htm"><span class="l">The Prince Returns</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Urge, the sheep-dog, rushed the sheep out of the <b>sedge</b> and hurried them after his<br> master, and in an hour Joseph was once more settled, his sheep were once more <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xii the prince returns.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_10_how_moses_made.htm"><span class="l">How Moses Made War with the Ethiopians.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> them a mischief,] Moses invented a wonderful stratagem to preserve the army safe,<br> and without hurt; for he made baskets, like unto arks, of <b>sedge</b>, and filled <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 how moses made.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_husbandman_and_his_operations.htm"><span class="l">The Husbandman and his Operations</span></a> <br><b>...</b> principles; Threshing, which is effected by tribulation, a word which means<br> driving a 'tribulum' or threshing-<b>sedge</b> over ears of grain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the husbandman and his operations.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xiv_the_margin_of.htm"><span class="l">The Margin of the Nile</span></a> <br><b>...</b> smoothed out the fiber, put it twice, thrice about the sheaf and knotted it, her<br> fingers, cool and moist after their contact with the marsh <b>sedge</b>, touching the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xiv the margin of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_vii_imperial_caesar.htm"><span class="l">Imperial Caesar</span></a> <br><b>...</b> His scamper of sheep flocked into the <b>sedge</b>, parting around the prostrate figure<br> by a circle of coals now dead, and plunged into the pasture. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter vii imperial caesar.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xx_the_treasure_cave.htm"><span class="l">The Treasure Cave</span></a> <br><b>...</b> surprised. He had covered his boat well with the tangle of <b>sedge</b> and<br> marsh-vines, and after a long space of search, he found it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xx the treasure cave.htm</font><p><a href="/library/marson/hugh_bishop_of_lincoln/chapter_iv_the_bishop_elect.htm"><span class="l">The Bishop Elect and Consecrate</span></a> <br><b>...</b> After some chase they caught him in the <b>sedge</b>, and brought him in, the picture of<br> unhappiness, with drooping head and trailing wing, before the bishop. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter iv the bishop elect.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xxi_on_the_way.htm"><span class="l">On the Way to Thebes</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Throughout great lengths of shore-line the tuneless stridulation of frogs, the guttural<br> cries of water-birds and the general movement in the <b>sedge</b> indicated a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxi on the way.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sedge.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sedge</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Sedge</b> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b> And she saw the ark in the midst<br> of the <b>sedge</b>, and sent her handmaid and fetched it. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sedge.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bulrushes.htm"><span class="l">Bulrushes (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In this case it was mixed with bitumen. Flags (cuph, "<b>sedge</b>") were reeds of every<br> kind and tall grass growing in the shallow water at the edge of the river. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bulrushes.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ark.htm"><span class="l">Ark (212 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In this case it was mixed with bitumen. Flags (cuph, "<b>sedge</b>") were reeds of every<br> kind and tall grass growing in the shallow water at the edge of the river. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ark.htm - 84k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm"><span class="l">Moses (9295 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> with the sticky slime of the river, placed in this floating vessel the child of<br> her love and faith, and put it into the river at a place among the <b>sedge</b> in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/moses.htm - 53k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kine.htm"><span class="l">Kine (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> parah, ie, "fruitful"), mentioned in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41:18). Here the word<br> denotes "buffaloes," which fed on the reeds and <b>sedge</b> by the river's brink. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kine.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/grub.htm"><span class="l">Grub (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (vt) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up;<br> as, to grub up trees, rushes, or <b>sedge</b>. 4. (vt) To supply with food. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/grub.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fen.htm"><span class="l">Fen (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing<br><b>sedge</b>, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fen.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fetched.htm"><span class="l">Fetched (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the <b>sedge</b>, and<br> sent her handmaid and fetched it. (DBY). Joshua 15:3 And <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fetched.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flag.htm"><span class="l">Flag (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> with _yam; as yam suph, to denote the "Red Sea" (qv) or the sea of weeds (as this<br> word is rendered, Jonah 2:5). It denotes some kind of <b>sedge</b> or reed which <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flag.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rush.htm"><span class="l">Rush (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The word doubtless includes not only the rushes-of which there are several kinds<br> in Palestine-but also members of the <b>sedge</b> family, the Cyperaceae. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rush.htm - 20k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/sedge.htm">Sedge: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sedge (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Exodus 2:3</a></span><br />And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the <span class="boldtext">sedge</span> on the bank of the river.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">Exodus 2:5</a></span><br />And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the <span class="boldtext">sedge</span>, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sedge.htm">Sedge</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sedition.htm">Sedition (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flag.htm">Flag (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rush.htm">Rush (35 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/drain.htm">Drain (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sedge.htm">Sedge (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stink.htm">Stink (11 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/sedekias.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Sedekias"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Sedekias" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/sedges.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Sedges"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Sedges" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>