Quick Definition
ὑγρός, ά, όν Adj moist, green, full of sap
Strong's Definition
wet (as if with rain), i.e. (by implication) sappy (fresh)
Derivation: from the base of G5205 (ὑετός);
KJV Usage: green
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ά, -όν | ὕδωρ
79.78 · Features of Objects · Wet, Dry
wet, moist, green (in reference to wood) pertaining to being wet or moist
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑγρός, -d, τόν, (ὕω to moisten; [but al. fr. a different r. meaning ‘to moisten’, fr. which also Lat. umor, umidus; οἵ. Vaniéek p. 867; Curtius § 158]), fr. Hom. down, damp, moist, wet; opp. to ξηρός (q. v.), full of sap, green: ξύλον, Lk. xxiii. 31 (for 107 sappy, in Job viii. 16).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑγρός hygros 1x
pr. wet, moist, humid; used of a tree, full of sap, fresh, green, Lk. 23:31*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑγρός, -ά, -όν,
[in LXX: Jg 16:7, 8 (לַח), Jb 8:16 (רָטֹב), Si 39:13אA *;]
wet, moist, opp. to ξηρός: of wood, sappy, green: Lk 23:31.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑγρός. With the use of the adj. = ‘‘sappy,” ‘‘ green,” in Lk 235), cf. its application to ‘‘raw” pitch in BGU II. 544° (time of Antoninus) πίσσης ὑγρᾶς, and P Oxy XIV. 17538 (a.D. 390). For the more general meaning ‘‘ wet,” “moist,” cf. P Fay 331 (A.D. 125-6) ὑγροῦ Altpoy, ‘<a litre of water,” and the account of a cure at the temple of Asclepius in Epidaurus, Sy/Z 804 (=* 1170)?" (ii/A.D.) χρείμενος μὲν τοῖς ἀλσὶ Kal τῶι νάπυ[ι] ὑγρῶι ἤλγησα. See also ΡΘ1 ΙΝ. 4425 (iii/B.c.) with reference to an ἀμφίταπος or Egyptian rug (cf. Prov 71%) fraudulently damped to make it heavier—6o δὲ σταθεὶς (‘‘ weighed ”) ἐχθὲς ἔτι ὑγρὸς ἣν, and Gnomon 232 (¢. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. p. 37) ἐπὶ ὑγροῖς (** Fliissigkeiten ”’) οὐκ ἐξὸν δανίζε[υ]ν. 3» ἐς
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑγρός (hugros) — moist/green. ὑγρός, ά, όν: comparative ὑγρότερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—wet, moist, fluid (opposed to ξηρός), ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, i. e. olive-oil, opposed to fat or tallow, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. πίσσα, νᾶπυ, raw pitch, liquid mustard, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ ὑ. ξύλον, opposed to τὸ ξηρόν, [NT+8th c.BC+]; ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες winds blowing moist or rainy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. ἅλς, πέλαγος, θάλασσα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγρὰ νύξ a wet night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ὑγροῖς ζωγραφεῖν paint on a wet ground, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. ὑγρά, Ionic dialect ὑγρή, ἡ, the moist, i.e. the sea, ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ὑγρὰ κέλευθα the watery ways, i. e. the sea,[Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. τὸ ὑ. and τὰ ὑ. wet, moisture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Liquid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξερρύα συχνὸν ὑγρόν a quantity of fluid, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μετρεῖν τὰ ὑγρά liquids, [Refs]; ἐπὶ ὑγροῖς οὐκ ἐξὸν δανείζειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά liquid and dry measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. θῆρες ὑ. water-animals, opposed to πεζοί, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὑ. ἀοιδός, of a frog, [Refs]
6. of the bowels or faeces, loose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
7. ὑ. σφυγμός a damp pulse, defined by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. soft, pliant, supple, of the eagle's back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the limbs and body, ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγρὸς τὸ εἶδος, of Ἔρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεώτερος καὶ ὑγρότερος, opposed to σκληρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a horse's neck, [Refs]; of the hare, [Refs]; of the jackal, ταχυτῆτι διαφέρει διὰ τὸ ὑγρὸς εἶναι καὶ πηδᾷ πόρρω [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of plants, ὑ. ἄκανθος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σῶμα ὑγρὸν κείμενον lying in an easy position, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κέρας ὑ., of a bow, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. languid, feeble, of one dying, ἐς ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα.. παρθένῳ προσπτύσσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. of substance, flaccid, flabby, σάρκες [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. b tender, νεοττοί [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. moist with wine, tipsy, ὑγρὴν τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχειν [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.5. of the eyes, melting, languishing, ὑ. βλέμμα [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also πόθος ὑ. a languishing, longing desire, [Refs]. adverb, ὑγρῶς βλέπειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: superlative, ὑγρότατα καὶ πένθιμα μελῳδεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.6. of language, smoothly flowing, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.7. metaphorically of persons or their tempers, facile, pliant, easy, ὑγρός τις καὶ δημοτικός [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ Κίμωνος ὑ. his easy temper, [Refs]; pleasure-loving, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὑγρότατος ἐς ταῦτα prone to.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.7. b soft, dainty, luxurious, voluptuous, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.8. of the vowels α ι υ, sometimes long and sometimes short, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.8. b of στοιχεῖα, liquid (i.e. λ μ ν ρ), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. adverb ὑγρῶς, see above [Refs]; also ὑγρότερον δαπανᾶν spend more freely, [Refs 1st c.BC+]