Wat groen betekent in de Bijbel: levend, niet afgunstig

Green in the Bible does not mean envy, money, or inexperience. Those are English. In Scripture green means alive — still drawing water, still putting out leaves. The word The Hebrew behind most of these passages is not a colour term in our sense. Ra’anan means luxuriant, fresh, thriving; yaraq covers green plants and vegetation generally. These are words about condition rather than hue. A thing is green in Scripture the way a person is healthy: it is a description…