Word Summary
hygros: wet, moist, of wood sappy
Original Word: ὑγρόςTransliteration: hygros
Phonetic Spelling: (hoo-gros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: wet, moist, of wood sappy
Meaning: wet, moist, of wood sappy
Strong's Concordance
green.
From the base of huetos; wet (as if with rain), i.e. (by implication) sappy (fresh) -- green.
see GREEK huetos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5200: ὑγρόςὑγρός,
ὑγρά,
ὑγρον (
ὕω to moisten; (but others from a different root meaning 'to moisten', from which also Latin
umor, umidus; cf.
Vanicek, p. 867;
Curtius, § 158)), from
Homer down,
damp, moist, wet; opposed to
ξηρός (which see),
full of sap, green:
ξύλον,
Luke 23:31 (for
רָטֹב, sappy, in
Job 8:16).