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green

Meaning of “green”

Having the color of living vegetation; fresh, flourishing, or not dried.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:30

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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 herb for meat: and it was so.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:30 · retained source text

And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a liuing soule.

Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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1611 witness · Genesis 9:3 · retained source text

Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.29.

Genesis 30:37
¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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1611 witness · Genesis 30:37 · retained source text

¶ And Iacob tooke him rods of greene poplar, and of the hasel and chesnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appeare which was in the rods.

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 in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
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1611 witness · Exodus 10:15 · retained source text

For they couered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkned, and they did eate euery herbe of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the haile had left, and there remained not any greene thing in the trees, or in the herbes of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 2:14
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 2:14 · retained source text

And if thou offer a meat offering of thy first fruits vnto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy first fruits, greene eares of corne dried by the fire, euen corne beaten out of full eares.

Leviticus 23:14
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 23:14 · retained source text

And ye shall eate neither bread, nor parched corne, nor greene eares, vntill the selfe same day that yee haue brought an offering vnto your God: It shalbe a statute for euer, throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 12:2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:2 · retained source text

Yee shall vtterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which yee shall possesse, serued their gods, vpon the high mountaines, and vpon the hils, and vnder euery greene tree.

1611 marginal noteOr, inherite.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.5.

Judges 16:7
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
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1611 witness · Judges 16:7 · retained source text

And Samson said vnto her, If they binde mee with seuen greene withs, that were neuer dried, then shall I be weake, and be as another man.

1611 marginal noteOr, newe coards. Heb. moist.

1611 marginal noteHeb. one.

Judges 16:8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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1611 witness · Judges 16:8 · retained source text

Then the lords of the Philistines brought vp to her seuen greene withs, which had not bene dried, & she bound him with them.

1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:23 · retained source text

For they also built them high places, and images, and groues on euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree.

1611 marginal noteOr, standing images, or statues.

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