Strong’s G5200 · Greek

ὑγρός
hygrós

Definition

wet (as if with rain), i.e. (by implication) sappy (fresh)

Etymology

from the base of G5205 (ὑετός);

Where the KJV renders it

  • green

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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