Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
green
Usage: green, greenness, green plants, greenery
Strong's Number
H3418
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
6
Books
5
Strong's H3418 Quick Answer
Strong's H3418 יֶרֶק (yereq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yereq (yeh'-rek) n-m. 1. (properly) pallor 2. (hence) the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation It has 6 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include green and grass. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- yereq (yeh'-rek) n-m. 1. (properly) pallor 2. (hence) the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation
- Usage
- 6 linked usages
- Books
- 5 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- green and grass
Meaning and Definition
yereq (yeh'-rek) n-m. 1. (properly) pallor 2. (hence) the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation 3. (concretely) verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation [from H3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color)] KJV: grass, green (thing). Root(s): H3417
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3418. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H3418 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yereq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
green
Exodus 10:15
3×
grass
Numbers 22:4
How Strong's H3418 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 6 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H3418 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H3418 in the Old Testament
6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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 herb for meat: and it was so.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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 in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Usage Excerpts
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3418.
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 herb for meat: and it was so.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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 in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
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 of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3418, grouped by book.
Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H3418 FAQ
What does yereq (יֶרֶק) mean?
Yereq (Strong's H3418) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "grass". yereq (yeh'-rek) n-m. 1. (properly) pallor 2. (hence) the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation
How many times is yereq (יֶרֶק) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H3418 across 5 books.
Where can I study yereq (יֶרֶק) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3418 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate yereq (יֶרֶק)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as green and grass. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.