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green

Meaning of “green”

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

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41 occurrences41 verses19 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 1:30

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Jeremiah 2:20
¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:20 · retained source text

¶ For of old time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst; I will not transgresse: when vpon euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree thou wandrest, playing the harlot.

1611 marginal noteOr, serue.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 57.5,7.

1611 marginal noteIer.3.6.

Jeremiah 3:6
¶ The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:6 · retained source text

¶ The LORD said also vnto me, in the daies of Iosiah the king, Hast thou seene that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone vp vpon euery high mountaine, and vnder euery greene tree, and there hath plaied the harlot.

1611 marginal noteCha.2.20.

Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:13 · retained source text

Only acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy wayes to the strangers vnder euery greene tree, and ye haue not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 11:16
The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:16 · retained source text

The LORD called thy name, A greene oliue tree, faire and of goodly fruite: with the noise of a great tumult hee hath kindled fire vpon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Jeremiah 17:2
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:2 · retained source text

Whilest their children remember their altars and their groues by the greene trees vpon the high hilles.

1611 marginal noteIudg.3.7. Isai.1.29.

Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:8 · retained source text

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not see when heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not be carefull in the yeere of drought, neither shall cease from yeelding fruit.

1611 marginal noteOr, restraint.

1611 marginal notePsal.1.3.

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