Strong's Lexicon

H2691

H2691 — חָצֵר

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

Hebrewchatsernoun mascOccurrences: 190TWOT: 722a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2691
Word:חָצֵר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2690 in its original sense
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:190
Transliteration:chatser
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-tsare' ((masculine and feminine)) n-m.
Meaning:1. a yard (as inclosed by a fence) 2. also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV Renderings:court, tower, village.

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BDB3047

I. חָצֵר145 noun masculine Ezek 40:23 and (oftener) feminine 1Kgs 6:36 enclosure, court — absolute ׳ ח 1Kgs 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Jer 36:20 construct חֲצַר Exod 27:9 +; suffix חֲצֵרוֺ 2Sam 17:18 חֲצֵרוֺת Exod 8:9 + 4 t.; construct חַצְרֵי Neh 13:7, הַצְרוֺת 2Kgs 21:5 +10 t.; suffix חֲצֵרָ֑י Isa 1:12; Zech 3:7 חֲצֵרֶיךָ Ps 65:5; Ps 84:11 חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1Chr 28:6 חֲצֵרֹתָיו Ps 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו Ps 96:8, וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Neh 8:16

1. enclosures (in Egypt),perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exod 8:9 ( J ).
2. court of private house 2Sam 17:18 (containing well), compare Neh 8:16 of a palace, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1Kgs 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from הַגְּדוֺלָה ׳ (הֶ)ח 1Kgs 7:9 1Kgs 7:12 the great court, including ׳ הא ׳ ח and הַפְּנִימִית ׳ הֶח of temple (see 3.b.) in one great enclosure (see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.); 2Kgs 20:4 ( Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others הָעִיר), Jer 36:20; Esth 1:5; Esth 2:11 ; Esth 4:11; Esth 5:1; Esth 5:2 ; Esth 6:4 (twice in verse); Esth 6:5 מַטָּרָה ׳ ח court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jer 32:2 (in king's house), v Jer 32:8 Jer 32:12; Jer 33:1; Jer 37:21 (twice in verse); Jer 38:6; Jer 38:13 ; Jer 38:28; Jer 39:14; Jer 39:15. Especially
3.
a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exod 27:9, compare Exod 27:9 Exod 27:12 Exod 27:13 + 24 t. Exodus (all P ; ׳ שַׁעַר הֶח gate of the court Exod 35:17; Exod 38:15; Exod 38:18; Exod 38:31; Exod 39:40; Exod 40:8; Exod 40:33); Lev 6:9; Lev 6:19; Num 3:26 (twice in verse) (פֶּתַח ׳ הֶח), Num 3:37; Num 4:26 (twice in verse) (׳ פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶח), Num 4:32 courts of house of ׳ י 1Chr 23:28 .
b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with הַפְּנִימִית ׳ הֶח 1Kgs 6:36 ; 1Kgs 7:12 (but on text see Stal. c.) Ezek 8:16; Ezek 10:3 compare Ezek 10:4 = upper with הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳ הֶח Jer 36:10 (see Gf), and הַכֹּהֲנִים ׳ ח 2Chr 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה, as often Ezek., also דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה ); outer court ׳ הֶח הַחִיצֹנָה Ezek 10:5 = הַחֲדָשָׁה ׳ הֶח 2Chr 20:5 see further 1Kgs 8:64 = 2Chr 7:7; 2Chr 24:21; 2Chr 29:16; Jer 19:14; Jer 26:2; Ezek 8:7 two courts 2Kgs 21:5 = 2Chr 33:5 ; 2Kgs 23:12 courts Ezek 9:7; 1Chr 28:12 ; 2Chr 23:5; Neh 8:1; Neh 8:6; Neh 13:7 often in poetry, courts of ׳ י Isa 1:12; Isa 62:9 ( קדשׁי ׳ ח), Zech 3:7; Ps 65:5; Ps 84:3; Ps 84:11; Ps 96:8; Ps 100:4; Ps 116:19 ; Ps 135:2
c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezek 40:14 + 38 t. Ezek 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר Ezek 40:19; Ezek 40:32 with ᵐ5 Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר Ezek 41:15 with ᵐ5 Ew Co).
Ezek 42:6 הַחִיצֹנוֺת for הַחֲצֵרוֺת.


BDB3049

II. [חָצֵר]46 noun masculine Neh 11:25 settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl. c.) — always plural, absolute חֲצֵרִים Josh 19:8 + 5 t.; construct חַצְרֵי 1Chr 9:16; Neh 12:28 suffix חֲצֵרֶיהָ Josh 21:12 + 4 t.; חַצְרֵיהֶם 1Chr 4:33 + 6 t.; חַצְרֵיהֶן Josh 13:23 + 24 t. Joshua; —

a. settlements of Ishmaelites Gen 25:16 ( P ; || טִירוֺת circles of tents); of עַוִּים Deut 2:23 of Kedar Isa 42:11 (|| עָרִים); בָּתֵּי הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב Lev 25:31 ( H ), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים Ps 10:8 lurking-place(s) of villages (i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usu.
b. as dependencies of cities Josh 15:46, with בְּנֹתֶיהָ (see above בַּת 4 p. 123) Josh 15:45; Josh 15:47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים ׳ וְכָלהַֿח Josh 19:8 ( P ), also Josh 21:12 ( P ), = 1Chr 6:41 ; Neh 12:29 also Josh 13:23; Josh 13:28; Josh 15:32 + 23 t. Joshua (all P ), Neh 11:25; Neh 11:30 (|| בָּנוֺת Neh 11:25 Neh 11:27 etc.), Neh 12:28.
c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isa 42:11 above) 1Chr 9:16; 1Chr 9:22; 1Chr 9:25 (all of Levites).
d. ׳ ח apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem ׳ הַח בִּשְׂדֹתָם Neh 11:25. — ׳ ח in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Josh 15:20-32 ).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חצר (g’hah-tz)

Genesis 25:16

KJV: These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
EHCC: these (are) their names, by their towns,

Exodus 8:13

KJV: And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
EHCC: (9). out of the villages,

Exodus 27:9

KJV: And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
EHCC: make the court of the tabernacle:

Exodus 85:17

EHCC: The hangings of the court,

Exodus 38:9

KJV: And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
EHCC: he made the court ; on the south

Exodus 99:40

EHCC: ao hangings of the court,

Exodus 40:8

KJV: And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
EHCC: thou shalt set up the courte

Leviticus 8:16

KJV: And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
EHCC: (9), 26(19).in the court of the tabernacle

Leviticus 25:81

EHCC: But the houses of the villages

Numbers 3:26

KJV: And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
EHCC: the hangings of the court, and the curtain

Numbers 4:26

KJV: And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
EHCC: the ingings of the court,

Joshua 13:23

KJV: And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
EHCC: the cities ti fe et

Joshua 15:32

KJV: And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
EHCC: 36, 41, 44. with their villages :

Joshua 19:6

KJV: And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
EHCC: thirteen cities and their villages:

Joshua 21:12

KJV: But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
EHCC: fields of the city, and the vill thereaf,

1 Kings 6:36

KJV: And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
EHCC: he built the inner court

1 Kings 7:8

KJV: And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
EHCC: another court within the parch,

1 Kings 8:64

KJV: The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
EHCC: hallow the middle of the court

2 Kings 20:4

KJV: And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,court: or, city
EHCC: Isaiah was gone out into the middle cour!

2 Kings 21:5

KJV: And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
EHCC: in the two courts of the house

2 Kings 23:12

KJV: And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.brake…: or, ran from thence
EHCC: Manasseh had made in the two courts 7

2 Kings 6:56

EHCC: (41). the fields of the city, and the willage

2 Kings 9:16

KJV: So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
EHCC: dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites

2 Kings 23:28

KJV: Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
EHCC: in the courts, and in the chambers,

2 Kings 28:6

EHCC: סת shall build my house and my courts :

2 Kings 7:7

KJV: Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
EHCC: hallowed the middle of the court

2 Kings 20:5

KJV: Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
EHCC: before the new court,

2 Kings 23:5

KJV: And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.put…: Heb. caused to ceaseidolatrous…: Heb. Chemarimplanets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
EHCC: all the people (shall be) in the courts of

2 Kings 24:2

KJV: And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.by: Heb. by the hand of
EHCC: in the court of the house of the Lord,

2 Kings 29:16

EHCC: into the court of the house of the Lord,

2 Kings 33:5

EHCC: in the two courts of the house

Nehemiah 3:25

KJV: Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
EHCC: that (was) by the court of the prison.

Nehemiah 8:16

KJV: So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
EHCC: and in their courts, and in the courts of th

Nehemiah 11:25

KJV: And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
EHCC: for the cillages, with their fields,

Nehemiah 12:28

KJV: And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
EHCC: from the villages of Netophathi;

Nehemiah 2:11

KJV: So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
EHCC: before the court of the women’s house,

Nehemiah 4:11

KJV: And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
EHCC: come unto the king into the inner court,

Nehemiah 5:1

KJV: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
EHCC: 50008 in the inner court

Nehemiah 6:4

KJV: Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
EHCC: the king said, Who (is) in the court 7

Psalms 10:8

KJV: He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.are…: Heb. hide themselves
EHCC: in the lurking places of the villages :

Psalms 65:4

KJV: Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
EHCC: (5).he may dwell in thy courts:

Psalms 84:2

KJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
EHCC: 3 even fainteth for the courts of the Lord:

Psalms 92:13

KJV: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
EHCC: ( 14). shall flourish in the courts of our

Psalms 96:8

KJV: Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.due…: Heb. of his name
EHCC: bring an offering, and come into his courts,

Psalms 100:4

KJV: Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
EHCC: into his courts with Pree

Psalms 116:19

KJV: In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
EHCC: In the courts of the Lord's house,

Psalms 135:2

KJV: Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,
EHCC: in the courts of the house of our God,

Psalms 42:11

KJV: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
EHCC: the villages (that) Kedar doth inhabit:

Psalms 62:9

KJV: Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.altogether: or, alike
EHCC: drink it én the courts of my holiness.

Jeremiah 19:14

KJV: Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house; and said to all the people,
EHCC: he stood in the court of the Lord's

Jeremiah 26:2

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
EHCC: Stand in the court of

Jeremiah 32:2

KJV: For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
EHCC: was shut up in the court of the prison,

Jeremiah 36:10

KJV: Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.entry: or, door
EHCC: tn the higher court,

Jeremiah 37:21

KJV: Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
EHCC: into the court of the prison,

Jeremiah 89:14

EHCC: took Jeremiah out of the court othe

Jeremiah 9:7

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
EHCC: fill the courts with the slain:

Jeremiah 10:3

KJV: For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.customs…: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity
EHCC: the cloud filled the inner court,

Jeremiah 40:14

KJV: And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.to slay…: Heb. to strike thee in soul?
EHCC: even unto the post of the court

Jeremiah 41:15

KJV: But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
EHCC: the porches of the court;

Jeremiah 44:17

KJV: But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.queen…: or, frame of heavenvictuals: Heb. bread
EHCC: 17. the gates of the inner court,

Jeremiah 45:19

EHCC: & 46; ! סמז. gate of the inner court,

Jeremiah 46:20

KJV: Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
EHCC: out into the utter court,

Jeremiah 47:16

EHCC: Hazar-batticon, which (is) by (marzo, .

Zechariah 3:7

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.charge: or, ordinanceplaces…: Heb. walks
EHCC: shalt also keep my courts, 1
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