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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 - And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants[fn] yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each 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, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - When no bush of the field[fn] was yet in the land[fn] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants 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. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:25 - Will you frighten a driven leaf
and pursue dry chaff?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:15 - “Behold, Behemoth,[fn]
which I made as I made 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;
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - For they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - May there be abundance of grain in the land;
on the tops of the mountains may it wave;
may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people blossom in the cities
like the grass of the field!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - that though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;
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 an evening shadow;
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;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - You cause the grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:20 - They exchanged the glory of God[fn]
for 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 like 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 - He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - A king’s wrath is like the growling 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 grass is gone and the new growth appears
and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - The light of Israel will become a fire,
and his Holy One a flame,
and it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:6 - the waters of Nimrim
are a desolation;
the grass is withered, the vegetation fails,
the greenery is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted[fn] before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:6 - A voice says, “Cry!”
And I said,[fn] “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty[fn] 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
when the breath of the LORD blows on it;
surely the people are grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - They shall spring up among the grass
like willows by flowing streams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:12 - “I, I am he who comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of man who dies,
of the son of man who is made like grass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - Speak: “Thus declares the LORD,
‘The dead bodies of men shall fall
like dung upon the open field,
like sheaves after the reaper,
and none 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 grass of every field wither?
For the evil of those who dwell in it
the beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no vegetation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
“O Lord GOD, please forgive!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
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