green
ye.req denotes green plant growth, whether given as food, standing in a field, or portrayed as withering away.
The term most often denotes green vegetation or plant growth in a field or landscape, including growth consumed, removed, or withered. It also appears in statements about vegetation given as food to living creatures and humans.
Senses in use
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Green vegetation in field and landscape scenes · dominant
In Exodus 10:15 the absolute form occurs where the APB renders that nothing “green” remained on trees or among the field's vegetation after the land was eaten. In Numbers 22:4 and Psalm 37:2, construct forms occur in comparisons involving an ox licking up the field's growth and grass that withers; Isaiah 15:6 likewise describes plant growth as no longer present after waters become devastated.
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Vegetation supplied for food · common
In Genesis 1:30 the absolute form occurs in the gift of every green plant as food to animals. In Genesis 9:3, the clause compares the gift of living creatures for food with the earlier provision of green vegetation.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses as “green plant,” “green vegetation,” “green of the field,” “green grass,” and simply “green.” These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed renderings of the term.