Friday, October 20, 2017

Mark 6:39 - Green Grass

Daily reading and paused over this passage:

Mar 6:39  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Not just grass, green grass, which I find interesting.  Again, after how many readings and I just now noticed the adjective?

Green – G5515 - From the same as G5514; greenish, that is, verdant, dun-colored: - green, pale.  Total KJV occurrences: 4
·         G5514 - Feminine of apparently a primary word; “green”; Chloe, a Christian female: - Chloe.  Total KJV occurrences: 1

G5515 Uses:
Rev 6:8  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Rev 8:7  The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Rev 9:4  And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

The word ‘green’ is used 41 times in Scripture – the first usage is in Genesis 1:30.

H24 – From an unused root (meaning to be tender). 8x
H1877 – From H1876; a sprout; by analogy grass. 15x
H3387 – From H3417; green that is, an herb. 1x
H3418 – From H3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color). 6x
H3419 – From the same as H3418; properly green; concretely a vegetable. 5x
H3759 – From H3754; a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park). 14x
H3768 – Of foreign origin; byssus or fine vegetable wool.  1x
H3892 – From an unused root meaning to be new; fresh, that is unused or undried. 6x
H6291 – From an unused root meaning to be torpid, that is, crude; an unripe fig. 1x
H7488 – From an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy new; figuratively prosperous. 20x
G5200 – From the base of G5202; wet (as if with rain), that is, (by implication) sappy (fresh). 1x

Definitions (courtesy of Oxford Dictionaries) for words highlighted in red.

Verdant adjective - (of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation.
Vacuity noun - lack of thought or intelligence; empty-headedness:
Byssus noun - a fine textile fiber and fabric of flax.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

October - Read Through the Bible

1-Oct 2 Chronicles 22-24
2-Oct 2 Chronicles 25-27
3-Oct 2 Chronicles 28-29
4-Oct 2 Chronicles 30-32
5-Oct 2 Chron. 33-34
6-Oct 2 Chron. 35-36
7-Oct Matthew 1-4
8-Oct Matthew 5-7
9-Oct Matthew 8-9
10-Oct Matthew 10-12
11-Oct Matthew 13-14
12-Oct Matthew 15-17
13-Oct Matthew 18-20
14-Oct Matthew 21-22
15-Oct Matthew 23-24
16-Oct Matthew 25-26
17-Oct Matthew 27-28
18-Oct Mark 1-3
19-Oct Mark 4-5
20-Oct Mark 6-7
21-Oct Mark 8-9
22-Oct Mark 10-11
23-Oct Mark 12-13
24-Oct Mark 14
25-Oct Mark 15-16
26-Oct Luke 1
27-Oct Luke 2-3
28-Oct Luke 4-5
29-Oct Luke 6-7
30-Oct Luke 8-9
31-Oct Luke 10-11