3418. yereq

Strong's Lexicon

yereq: Green, greenery, vegetables, herbs

Original Word: יֶרֶק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yereq
Pronunciation: yeh-rek
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-rek)
Definition: Green, greenery, vegetables, herbs
Meaning: pallor, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation, verdure, grass, vegetation

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be green

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3001: λάχανον (lachanon) - Refers to a vegetable or garden herb.

Usage: The Hebrew word "yereq" primarily refers to anything green, particularly vegetation such as herbs, vegetables, or plants. It is used in the context of food, agriculture, and the natural world, emphasizing the provision and sustenance that God provides through the earth's produce.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, agriculture was a central part of daily life and survival. The Israelites depended on the land for their sustenance, and "yereq" would have been a common term in their vocabulary, referring to the essential greens and vegetables that formed a part of their diet. The cultivation of plants and the harvest of green produce were seen as blessings from God, reflecting His provision and care for His people.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
green, greenness
NASB Translation
grass (1), green (4), green thing (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יֶ֫רֶק noun masculine^{Isaiah 15:6} green, greenness (on in gardens, see Nö^{ZMG 1876, 777} Löw^{p. 236 f.}) — absolute Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 15:6; construct Genesis 1:30 3t.; — יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב Genesis 1:30; Genesis 9:3 (both P); יֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא Psalm 37:2 יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה Numbers 22:4 (E) = green thing, grass; alone Exodus 10:15 (J) green thing, including עֵץ and עֵשֶׂב, Isaiah 15:6.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

grass, green thing

From yaraq (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 -- grass, green (thing).

see HEBREW yaraq

Forms and Transliterations

וּכְיֶ֥רֶק וכירק יֶ֖רֶק יֶ֣רֶק יֶ֥רֶק יֶ֧רֶק ירק כְּיֶ֣רֶק כירק kə·ye·req keYerek kəyereq ū·ḵə·ye·req ucheYerek ūḵəyereq ye·req Yerek yereq

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 1:30
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ יֶ֥רֶק עֵ֖שֶׂב לְאָכְלָ֑ה
NAS: [I have given] every green plant
KJV: wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb
INT: age thing green plant food

Genesis 9:3
HEB: יִהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָ֑ה כְּיֶ֣רֶק עֵ֔שֶׂב נָתַ֥תִּי
NAS: all to you, as [I gave] the green plant.
KJV: shall be meat for you; even as the green herb
INT: become shall be food the green plant give

Exodus 10:15
HEB: נוֹתַ֨ר כָּל־ יֶ֧רֶק בָּעֵ֛ץ וּבְעֵ֥שֶׂב
NAS: Thus nothing green was left
KJV: and there remained not any green thing in the trees,
INT: was left all green tree plant

Numbers 22:4
HEB: הַשּׁ֔וֹר אֵ֖ת יֶ֣רֶק הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּבָלָ֧ק
NAS: licks up the grass of the field.
KJV: licketh up the grass of the field.
INT: licks as the ox the grass of the field and Balak

Psalm 37:2
HEB: מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃
NAS: And fade like the green herb.
KJV: and wither as the green herb.
INT: quickly down the green herb and fade

Isaiah 15:6
HEB: כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃
NAS: died out, There is no green thing.
KJV: faileth, there is no green thing.
INT: died the tender green is no become

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3418
6 Occurrences

kə·ye·req — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ye·req — 1 Occ.
ye·req — 4 Occ.