יָרוֹק
yârôwq · yaw-roke'
green, i.e. an herb
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3417 (יָרָק);
green, i.e. an herb
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: green thing.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרוֹק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- every green thing1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Job1
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.