2682. chatsir

Strong's Lexicon

chatsir: Grass

Original Word: חָצִיר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chatsiyr
Pronunciation: khaw-tseer'
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-tseer')
Definition: Grass
Meaning: grass, a leek

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be green

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5528 (chortos): Often used in the New Testament to refer to grass or herbage, similar to the Hebrew "chatsir."

Usage: The Hebrew word "chatsir" primarily refers to grass or herbage. It is often used metaphorically in the Bible to symbolize the transient and fleeting nature of human life and earthly glory. The imagery of grass, which grows quickly and withers just as fast, serves as a poignant reminder of the brevity of life and the enduring nature of God's word.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near East, grass was a common sight in the fields and pastures, essential for feeding livestock. However, due to the arid climate, grass would often wither quickly under the scorching sun, making it a fitting metaphor for the temporary nature of human endeavors and life itself. This imagery would have been readily understood by the agrarian societies of biblical times.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
green grass, herbage
NASB Translation
grass (19), leeks (1), plant (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. חָצִיר noun masculine^{Isaiah 15:6} green grass, herbage, absolute חָצִיר Numbers 11:5 16t.; construct חֲצִיר Isaiah 37:27 = 2 Kings 19:26; Psalm 129:6; —

1 grass, as food for animals 1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Psalm 104:14; Psalm 147:8; Proverbs 27:25 ("" דֶּשֶׁא and עֵשֶׂב), Isaiah 15:6 ("" דֶּשֶׁא and יֶרֶק); specifically of leeks (as still sometimes in Aramaic, see Löw^{pp. 226, 228}) Numbers 11:5 (see Di); in simile of abundant growth Isaiah 44:4 (see ᵐ5 Ew Che); on Isaiah 35:7 see I. חָצִיר above

2 as type of what is quickly perishing Job 8:12, hence figurative of perishing enemies חֲצִיר גַּגּוֺת Isaiah 37:27 = 2 Kings 19:26 ("" דֶּשֶׁא, עֵשֶׂב), Psalm 129:6, i.e. having no depth of root; of wicked, soon to be cut down Psalm 37:2; with special reference to Israel's oppressors Isaiah 40:6 ("" [השׂרה] ציץ), Isaiah 40:7 ("" id.), Isaiah 40:7; Isaiah 40:8 ("" id.), Isaiah 51:12; in simile of frail man Psalm 90:5; man's days Psalm 103:15 ("" ציץ השׂדה).

IV. חצר (assumed as √ for reduplication חצרצר whence following; meaning unknown; perhaps onomatopoetic, see Thes Ol^{§§ 82 c.188 a} Sta^{§124 b}; see also Lag^{Or ii.18}).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

grass, hay, herb, leek

Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively) -- grass, hay, herb, leek.

see HEBREW chatsiyr

Forms and Transliterations

הֶחָצִ֥יר החציר חֲצִ֣יר חָ֝צִ֗יר חָ֭צִיר חָצִ֑יר חָצִ֔יר חָצִ֖יר חָצִ֗יר חָצִ֣יר חָצִ֥יר חָצִ֨יר ׀ חָצִֽיר׃ חָצִיר֙ חציר חציר׃ כֶ֭חָצִיר כֶּחָצִ֣יר כֶּחָצִ֥יר כַּחֲצִ֣יר כחציר chaTzir Chechatzir ḥă·ṣîr ḥā·ṣîr ḥăṣîr ḥāṣîr he·ḥā·ṣîr hechaTzir heḥāṣîr ka·ḥă·ṣîr kachaTzir kaḥăṣîr ke·ḥā·ṣîr ḵe·ḥā·ṣîr kechaTzir keḥāṣîr ḵeḥāṣîr

Englishman's Concordance

Numbers 11:5
HEB: הָֽאֲבַטִּחִ֔ים וְאֶת־ הֶחָצִ֥יר וְאֶת־ הַבְּצָלִ֖ים
NAS: and the melons and the leeks and the onions
KJV: and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,
INT: the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic

1 Kings 18:5
HEB: אוּלַ֣י ׀ נִמְצָ֣א חָצִ֗יר וּנְחַיֶּה֙ ס֣וּס
NAS: we will find grass and keep
KJV: we may find grass to save
INT: perhaps will find grass and keep the horses

2 Kings 19:26
HEB: וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה
NAS: herb, As grass on the housetops
KJV: herb, [as] the grass on the housetops,
INT: and as the green herb grass the housetops is scorched

Job 8:12
HEB: וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־ חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: before any [other] plant.
KJV: it withereth before any [other] herb.
INT: before any plant withers

Job 40:15
HEB: עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל׃
NAS: as you; He eats grass like an ox.
KJV: with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
INT: made well grass an ox eats

Psalm 37:2
HEB: כִּ֣י כֶ֭חָצִיר מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ
NAS: quickly like the grass And fade
KJV: be cut down like the grass, and wither
INT: like the grass quickly down

Psalm 90:5
HEB: יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃
NAS: In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
KJV: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
INT: fall the morning grass sprouts

Psalm 103:15
HEB: אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּצִ֥יץ
NAS: his days are like grass; As a flower
KJV: his days [are] as grass: as a flower
INT: are like grass his days A flower

Psalm 104:14
HEB: מַצְמִ֤יחַ חָצִ֨יר ׀ לַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וְ֭עֵשֶׂב
NAS: He causes the grass to grow
KJV: He causeth the grass to grow
INT: to grow the grass the cattle and vegetation

Psalm 129:6
HEB: יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת
NAS: Let them be like grass upon the housetops,
KJV: Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops,
INT: them be like grass the housetops before

Psalm 147:8
HEB: הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ הָרִ֣ים חָצִֽיר׃
NAS: for the earth, Who makes grass to grow
KJV: for the earth, who maketh grass to grow
INT: to grow the mountains grass

Proverbs 27:25
HEB: גָּלָ֣ה חָ֭צִיר וְנִרְאָה־ דֶ֑שֶׁא
NAS: [When] the grass disappears,
KJV: The hay appeareth,
INT: disappears the grass is seen the new

Isaiah 15:6
HEB: כִּֽי־ יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא
NAS: Surely the grass is withered,
KJV: shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away,
INT: Surely is withered the grass died the tender

Isaiah 35:7
HEB: תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃
NAS: its resting place, Grass [becomes] reeds
KJV: where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds
INT: of dragons resting Grass reeds and rushes

Isaiah 37:27
HEB: וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵמָ֖ה
NAS: herb, [As] grass on the housetops
KJV: herb, [as] the grass on the housetops,
INT: and the green herb grass the housetops blasted

Isaiah 40:6
HEB: כָּל־ הַבָּשָׂ֣ר חָצִ֔יר וְכָל־ חַסְדּ֖וֹ
NAS: flesh is grass, and all
KJV: All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness
INT: All flesh is grass and all loveliness

Isaiah 40:7
HEB: יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֔יץ
NAS: The grass withers, the flower
KJV: The grass withereth, the flower
INT: withers the grass fades the flower

Isaiah 40:7
HEB: בּ֑וֹ אָכֵ֥ן חָצִ֖יר הָעָֽם׃
NAS: upon it; Surely the people are grass.
KJV: upon it: surely the people [is] grass.
INT: blows Surely are grass the people

Isaiah 40:8
HEB: יָבֵ֥שׁ חָצִ֖יר נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֑יץ
NAS: The grass withers, the flower
KJV: The grass withereth, the flower
INT: withers the grass fades the flower

Isaiah 44:4
HEB: וְצָמְח֖וּ בְּבֵ֣ין חָצִ֑יר כַּעֲרָבִ֖ים עַל־
NAS: up among the grass Like poplars
KJV: [as] among the grass, as willows
INT: will spring among the grass poplars by

Isaiah 51:12
HEB: וּמִבֶּן־ אָדָ֖ם חָצִ֥יר יִנָּתֵֽן׃
NAS: of man who is made like grass,
KJV: [which] shall be made [as] grass;
INT: the son of man grass is made

21 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2682
21 Occurrences

ḥā·ṣîr — 16 Occ.
ḵe·ḥā·ṣîr — 1 Occ.
he·ḥā·ṣîr — 1 Occ.
ka·ḥă·ṣîr — 1 Occ.
ke·ḥā·ṣîr — 2 Occ.