יֶרֶק (yereq) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning green. It appears
6 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3418).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 918a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 918a)green, greenness; pallor, yellowish green, verdure, grass, vegetation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יֶ֫רֶקnoun, masculine: green, greenness
green, greenness
Strong's H3418יֶרֶק: properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation KJV:grass, green (thing).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 918: ירקyrq — grow green, be pale, grow pale, green, leaf, put forth leaves, ash-colour, dusky-white, silver coin, gold, colour