Yereq — H3418

Definition

masculine noun

properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation

1. green, greenness, green plants, greenery

Usually translated as

green, grass

Origin

from H3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color)

• Derived from Yârâq (H3417)

Greek equivalents

• láchanon (G3001)
• chlōrós (G5515)

Occurrences

Yereq occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)

• Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green (יֶ֥רֶק) herb for meat: and it was so.
• Genesis 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green (כְּיֶ֣רֶק) herb have I given you all things.
• Exodus 10:15 — For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing (יֶ֧רֶק) in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
• Numbers 22:4 — And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass (יֶ֣רֶק) of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
• Psalms 37:2 — For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green (וּכְיֶ֥רֶק) herb.
• Isaiah 15:6 — For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing (יֶ֖רֶק).