Strong's Lexicon
G5528 — χόρτος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5528 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χόρτος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 15 |
| Transliteration: | chortos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khor'-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. a "court" or "garden" 2. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation |
| KJV Renderings: | blade, grass, hay |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χόρτος, χόρτου, ὁ;
1. the place where grass grows and animals glaze: Homer, Iliad 11, 774; 24, 640.
2. from Hesiod down, grass, herbage, hay, provender: of green grass, Mat 6:30; Mat 14:19; Luk 12:28; Joh 6:10; Jas 1:10; 1Pe 1:24 (from Isa 40:6 ff); Rev 9:4; χόρτος χλωρός, Mar 6:39; Rev 8:7; χόρτος of growing crops, Mat 13:26; Mar 4:28; of hay, 1Co 3:12. (the Sept. for çÈöÄéø, grass, and òÆùÆÒá.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χόρτος (blade)
Matthew 6:30
- KJV: Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven not much more you O ye of little faith
- GK: ει δε τον χόρτον του αγρού σήμερον όντα και αύριον εις κλίβανον βαλλόμενον ο θεός ούτως αμφιέννυσιν ου πολλώ μάλλον υμάς ολιγόπιστοι
Matthew 13:26
- KJV: But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit then appeared the tares also
- GK: ότε δε εβλάστησεν ο χόρτος και καρπόν εποίησε τότε εφάνη και τα ζιζάνια
Matthew 14:19
- KJV: And 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 disciples and the disciples to the multitude
- GK: και κελεύσας τους όχλους ανακλιθήναι επί τους χόρτους και λαβών τους πέντε άρτους και τους δύο ιχθύας αναβλέψας εις τον ουρανόν ευλόγησε και κλάσας έδωκε τοις μαθηταίς τους άρτους ο δε μαθηταί τοις όχλοις
Mark 4:28
- KJV: For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself first the blade then the ear after that the full corn in the ear
- GK: αυτομάτη γαρ η γη καρποφορεί πρώτον χόρτον είτα στάχυν είτα πλήρη σίτον εν τω στάχυϊ
Mark 6:39
- KJV: And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass
- GK: και επέταξεν αυτοίς ανακλίναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια επί τω χλωρώ χόρτω
Luke 12:28
- KJV: If then God so clothe the grass which is to day in the field and to morrow is cast into the oven how much more you O ye of little faith
- GK: ει δε τον χόρτον εν τω αγρώ σήμερον όντα και αύριον εις κλίβανον βαλλόμενον ο θεός ούτως αμφιέννυσι πόσω μάλλον υμάς ολιγόπιστοι
John 6:10
- KJV: And 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
- GK: είπε δε ο Ιησούς ποιήσατε τους ανθρώπους αναπεσείν ην δε χόρτος πολύς εν τω τόπω ανέπεσον ούν οι άνδρες τον αριθμόν ωσεί πεντακισχίλιοι
1 Corinthians 3:12
- KJV: Now if any man build upon this foundation gold silver precious stones wood hay stubble
- GK: ει δε τις εποικοδομεί επί τον θεμέλιον τούτον χρυσόν άργυρον λίθους τιμίους ξύλα χόρτον καλάμην
James 1:10
- KJV: But the rich in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away
- GK: ο δε πλούσιος εν τη ταπεινώσει αυτού ότι ως άνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται