Strong's Lexicon

H2682

H2682 — חָצִיר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchatsiyrnoun mascOccurrences: 21TWOT: 724a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2682
Word:חָצִיר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:perhaps originally the same as H2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:21
Transliteration:chatsiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-tseer'
Meaning:1. grass 2. also a leek (collectively)
KJV Renderings:grass, hay, herb, leek.

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BDB3065

II. חָצִיר noun masculine Isa 15:6 green grass, herbage, absolute חָצִיר Num 11:5 + 16 t.; construct חֲצִיר Isa 37:27 = 2Kgs 19:26; Ps 129:6

1. grass, as food for animals 1Kgs 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps 104:14; Ps 147:8; Prov 27:25 (|| דֶּשֶׁא and עֵשֶׂב), Isa 15:6 (|| דֶּשֶׁא and יֶרֶק); specifically of leeks (as still sometimes in Aramaic, see Löwpp. 226, 228) Num 11:5 (see Di); in simile of abundant growth Isa 44:4 (see ᵐ5 Ew Che); on Isa 35:7 see I. חָצִיר above
2. as type of what is quickly perishing Job 8:12, hence figurative of perishing enemies חֲצִיר גַּגּוֺת Isa 37:27 = 2Kgs 19:26 (|| דֶּשֶׁא, עֵשֶׂב), Ps 129:6, i.e. having no depth of root; of wicked, soon to be cut down Ps 37:2 with special reference to Israel's oppressors Isa 40:6 (|| [השׂרה] ציץ), Isa 40:7 (|| id. ), Isa 40:7 Isa 40:8 (|| id.), Isa 51:12 in simile of frail man Ps 90:5 man's days Ps 103:15 (|| ציץ השׂדה).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חציר (g’hah-tzeer’)

1 Kings 18:5

KJV: And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts
EHCC: peradventure we may find grass

Job 8:12

KJV: Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
EHCC: withereth before any (other) herd.

Psalms 37:2

KJV: For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
EHCC: shall soon be cut down like the grass,

Proverbs 37:35

EHCC: The hay appeareth,
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