יֶרֶק
yereq · yeh'-rek
properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3417 (יָרָק) (in the sense of vacuity of color);
properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
- properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation
- concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grass, 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
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֶרֶק 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i have given every green1 · 17%
- for you; even as the green1 · 17%
- not any green thing1 · 17%
- the grass1 · 17%
- as the green1 · 17%
- there is no green thing1 · 17%
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.