Strong G5528χόρτος
grass
- Transliteration
- chortos
- Pronunciation
- khor'-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a court or garden that is (by implication of pasture) herbage or vegetation: - blade grass hay.
Detailed definition
χόρτος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc.;]
1. an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.).
2. food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mat.13:26 14:19, Mrk.4:28 6:39, Luk.12:28, Jhn.6:10, 1Co.3:12, Jas.1:10-11, 1Pe.1:24" (LXX), Rev.9:4; χ. χλωρός, Mrk.6:39, Rev.8:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc.;]
1. an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.).
2. food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mat.13:26 14:19, Mrk.4:28 6:39, Luk.12:28, Jhn.6:10, 1Co.3:12, Jas.1:10-11, 1Pe.1:24" (LXX), Rev.9:4; χ. χλωρός, Mrk.6:39, Rev.8:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5528 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grass10
- blade2
- hay1
First verses
- Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 13:26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Mark 4:28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
- Mark 6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
- Luke 12:28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- John 6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- James 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- James 1:11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- 1 Peter 1:24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- Revelation 8:7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
- Revelation 9:4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χόρτος, ὁ,
properly enclosed place (see. entry near the end), but always with collateral notion of a feeding-place: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)], farmyard, in which the cattle were kept, αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτῳ [Refs (11.774; αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτοισι 24.640.)]
2 generally, any feeding-ground, pasturage, frequently in plural, χόρτοι λέοντος, of Nemea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.44; χόρτοι εὔδενδροι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 134 (Lyric poetry))]; χόρτος οὐρανοῦ the expanse of heaven, poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II fodder, provender, especially for horses and cattle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16 (of fish); θηρῶν ὀρείων χόρτον, οὐχ ἵππων λέγεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 495)]; grass, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 606, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 771, NT.1Cor.3.12; χ. κοῦφος)]hay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.10)]; χ. ἐβλάστησεν, ἐξηράνθη, [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.13.26, NT.1Pet.1.24; ἄνθος χόρτου NT.Jam.1.10: opposed to σῖτος (food for man), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.12)]; χόρτον ἔχει ἔπὶ τοῦ κέρατος as translation of the Latin proverb, foenum habet in cornu, of a dangerous ox, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 7.)]
II.b green crop, [γῆ] ἐσπαρμένη χόρτῳ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.72 (2nd c.BC), +others)]
II.2 poetical, food generally, δούλιος χ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 35.6, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 507 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 10)]; compare χορτάζω. (Cf. Latin hortus, Welsh garth 'fold, enclosure', Irish gort 'crop', 'field'.)
properly enclosed place (see. entry near the end), but always with collateral notion of a feeding-place: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)], farmyard, in which the cattle were kept, αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτῳ [Refs (11.774; αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτοισι 24.640.)]
2 generally, any feeding-ground, pasturage, frequently in plural, χόρτοι λέοντος, of Nemea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.44; χόρτοι εὔδενδροι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 134 (Lyric poetry))]; χόρτος οὐρανοῦ the expanse of heaven, poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II fodder, provender, especially for horses and cattle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16 (of fish); θηρῶν ὀρείων χόρτον, οὐχ ἵππων λέγεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 495)]; grass, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 606, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 771, NT.1Cor.3.12; χ. κοῦφος)]hay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.10)]; χ. ἐβλάστησεν, ἐξηράνθη, [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.13.26, NT.1Pet.1.24; ἄνθος χόρτου NT.Jam.1.10: opposed to σῖτος (food for man), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.12)]; χόρτον ἔχει ἔπὶ τοῦ κέρατος as translation of the Latin proverb, foenum habet in cornu, of a dangerous ox, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 7.)]
II.b green crop, [γῆ] ἐσπαρμένη χόρτῳ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.72 (2nd c.BC), +others)]
II.2 poetical, food generally, δούλιος χ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 35.6, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 507 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 10)]; compare χορτάζω. (Cf. Latin hortus, Welsh garth 'fold, enclosure', Irish gort 'crop', 'field'.)