chlōros · green

What it means

chlōros (χλωρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “green”.

Pale.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The colour of fresh grass.
2. The colour of a bloodless face.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• green ×3
• pale ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Revelation×3

• Mark 6:39

  And he commanded them to have all recline in groups on the green grass.

• Revelation 6:8

  And I looked, and look, a pale horse, and the one who sat on it, his name was Death, and Hades was following with him; and authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.

• Revelation 8:7

  And the first blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

• Revelation 9:4

  And they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green thing or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.