Word Study · Strong's H3418 · Hebrew
יֶרֶק
yereq
yeh'-rek
“properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
Rendered in the KJV as
grass, green (thing).
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וּכְיֶ֥רֶק1
- יֶ֥רֶק1
- יֶ֧רֶק1
- יֶ֣רֶק1
- יֶ֖רֶק1
- כְּיֶ֣רֶק1
How it is rendered · 5
- greenery2
- [the] greenery of1
- and like [the] greenery of1
- greenery of1
- like [the] greenery of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 2
- HNcmsc · 2
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 1:30יֶ֥רֶקyereknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.here: greenery of
- Genesis 9:3כְּיֶ֣רֶקkeyerekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.here: like [the] greenery of