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Lexicon :: Strong's G5528 - chortos

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χόρτος
Transliteration
chortos (Key)
Pronunciation
khor'-tos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Strong’s Definitions

χόρτος chórtos, khor'-tos; apparently a primary word; a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation:—blade, grass, hay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G5528 in the following manner: grass (12x), blade (2x), hay (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G5528 in the following manner: grass (12x), blade (2x), hay (1x).

  1. the place where grass grows and animals graze

  2. grass, herbage, hay, provender

    1. of green grass

    2. of growing crops

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χόρτος chórtos, khor'-tos; apparently a primary word; a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation:—blade, grass, hay.
STRONGS G5528:
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, Matthew 6:30; Matthew 14:19; Luke 12:28; John 6:10; James 1:10; 1 Peter 1:24 (from Isaiah 40:6ff); Revelation 9:4; χόρτος χλωρός, Mark 6:39; Revelation 8:7; χόρτος of growing crops, Matthew 13:26; Mark 4:28; of hay, 1 Corinthians 3:12. (the Sept. for חָצִיר, grass, and עֶשֶׂב.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
40:6
Matthew
6:30; 13:26; 14:19
Mark
4:28; 6:39
Luke
12:28
John
6:10
1 Corinthians
3:12
James
1:10
1 Peter
1:24
Revelation
8:7; 9:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5528 matches the Greek χόρτος (chortos),
which occurs 44 times in 42 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - “Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As raindrops on the tender herb,
And as showers on the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:25 - Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
And will You pursue dry stubble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:15 - “Look now at the behemoth,[fn] which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 - The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - When the wicked spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:15 - As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:35 - And ate up all the vegetation in their land,
And devoured the fruit of their ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 - Thus they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 - Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:25 - When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:6 - For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate,
For the green grass has withered away;
The grass fails, there is nothing green.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:6 - The voice said, “Cry out!”
And he[fn] said, “What shall I cry?”

“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 - The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - They will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the watercourses.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:12 - “I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - Speak, “Thus says the LORD:

‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall as refuse on the open field,
Like cuttings after the harvester,
And no one shall gather them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land mourn,
And the herbs of every field wither?
The beasts and birds are consumed,
For the wickedness of those who dwell there,
Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights;
They sniffed at the wind like jackals;
Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the earth,
Bound with a band of iron and bronze,
In the tender grass of the field.
Let it be wet with the dew of heaven,
And let him graze with the beasts
On the grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - “Then he was driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:

“O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray!
Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
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