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Lexicon :: Strong's H2691 - ḥāṣēr

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חָצֵר
Transliteration
ḥāṣēr
Pronunciation
khaw-tsare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָצַר (H2690) in its original sense
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 722a,723a

Strong’s Definitions

חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x

The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x
The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

  1. court, enclosure

    1. enclosures

    2. court

  2. settled abode, settlement, village, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.
STRONGS H2691: Abbreviations
I. חָצֵר 145 noun masculine Ezekiel 40:23 and (oftener) feminine 1 Kings 6:36 enclosure, court — absolute ח׳ 1 Kings 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Jeremiah 36:20; construct חֲצַר Exodus 27:9 +; suffix חֲצֵרוֺ 2 Samuel 17:18; חֲצֵרוֺת Exodus 8:9 + 4 times; construct חַצְרֵי Nehemiah 13:7, הַצְרוֺת 2 Kings 21:5 + 10 times; suffix חֲצֵרָ֑י Isaiah 1:12; Zechariah 3:7; חֲצֵרֶיךָ Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:11; חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1 Chronicles 28:6; חֲצֵרֹתָיו Psalm 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו Psalm 96:8, וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 8:16; —
1. enclosures (in Egypt), perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exodus 8:9 (J).
2. court of private house 2 Samuel 17:18 (containing well), compare Nehemiah 8:16; of a palace, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from הַגְּדוֺלָה (הֶ)ח׳ 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:12 the great court, including הא׳ ח׳ and הַמְּנִימִית הֶח׳ of temple (see 3b) in one great enclosure (see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.); 2 Kings 20:4 (Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others הָעִיר), Jeremiah 36:20; Esther 1:5; Esther 2:11; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1, 2; Esther 6:4 (twice in verse); Esther 6:5; מַטָּרָה ח׳ court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jeremiah 32:2 (in king's house), Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6, 13, 28; Jeremiah 39:14, 15. Especially
3. a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:9, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 27:12; Exodus 27:13 + 24 times Exodus (all P; שַׁעַר הֶח׳ gate of the court Exodus 35:17; Exodus 38:15, 18, 31; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 40:8, 33); Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Numbers 3:26 (twice in verse) (פֶּתַח הֶח׳), Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:26 (twice in verse) (הֶח׳ שַׁעַר פֶּתַח), Numbers 4:32; courts of house of י׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28.
b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with הַפְּנִימִית הֶח׳ 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:12 (but on text see Stal.c.) Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:3 compare Ezekiel 10:4;＝upper with הָעֶלְיוֺן הֶח׳ Jeremiah 36:10 (see Gf), and הַכֹּהֲנִים ח׳ 2 Chronicles 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה, as often Ezek., also דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה); outer court הֶח׳ הַחִיצֹנָה Ezekiel 10:5＝הַחֲדָשָׁה הֶח׳ 2 Chronicles 20:5; see further 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; 24:21; 29:16; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 8:7; two courts 2 Kings 21:5 2 Chronicles 33:5; 2 Kings 23:12; courts Ezekiel 9:7; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 23:5; Nehemiah 8:1, 6; Nehemiah 13:7; often in poetry, courts of י׳ Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 62:9 (קדשׁי ח׳), Zechariah 3:7; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:3; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 96:8; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:2
c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:14 + 38 times Ezekiel 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר Ezekiel 40:19, 32 with Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר Ezekiel 41:15 with Greek Version of the LXX Ew Co). **Ezekiel 42:6 הַחִיצֹנוֺת for הַחֲצֵרוֺת.

II. [חָצֵר] 46 noun masculineNehemiah 11:25 settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl.c.) — always plural, absolute חֲצֵרִים Joshua 19:8 + 5 times; construct חַצְרֵי 1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 12:28; suffix חֲצֵרֶיהָ Joshua 21:12 + 4 times; חַצְרֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:33 + 6 times; חַצְרֵיהֶן Joshua 13:23 + 24 times Joshua; —
a. settlements of Ishmaelites Genesis 25:16 (P; || טִירוֺת circles of tents); of עַוִּים [H2699 Deuteronomy 2:23]; of Kedar Isaiah 42:11 (|| עָרִים); בָּתֵּי הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב Leviticus 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים Psalm 10:8 lurking-place(s) of villages (i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usually...
b. as dependencies of cities Joshua 15:46, with בְּנֹתֶיהָ (see above בַּת 4.) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים וְכָלהַֿח׳ Joshua 19:8 (P), also Joshua 21:12 (P),＝1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 12:29; also Joshua 13:23, 28; Joshua 15:32 + 23 times Joshua (all P), Nehemiah 11:25, 30 (|| בָּנוֺת Nehemiah 11:25; Nehemiah 11:27 etc.), Nehemiah 12:28.
c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isaiah 42:11 above) 1 Chronicles 9:16, 22, 25 (all of Levites).
d. ח׳ apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem הַח׳ בִּשְׂדֹתָם Nehemiah 11:25. — ח׳ in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Joshua 15:20-32).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:16

Exodus

8:9; 8:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 35:17; 38:15; 38:18; 38:31; 39:40; 40:8; 40:33

Leviticus

6:9; 6:19; 25:31

Numbers

3:26; 3:37; 4:26; 4:32

Joshua

13:23; 13:23; 13:28; 15:32; 15:45; 15:46; 15:47; 19:8; 19:8; 21:12; 21:12

2 Samuel

17:18; 17:18

1 Kings

6:36; 6:36; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:12; 7:12; 8:64

2 Kings

20:4; 21:5; 21:5; 23:12

1 Chronicles

4:33; 6:41; 9:16; 9:16; 9:22; 9:25; 23:28; 28:6; 28:12

2 Chronicles

4:9; 7:7; 20:5; 23:5; 24:21; 29:16; 33:5

Nehemiah

8:1; 8:6; 8:16; 8:16; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:27; 11:30; 12:28; 12:28; 12:29; 13:7; 13:7

Esther

1:5; 2:11; 4:11; 5:1; 5:2; 6:4; 6:5

Psalms

10:8; 65:5; 65:5; 84:3; 84:11; 84:11; 96:8; 96:8; 100:4; 100:4; 116:19; 135:2

Isaiah

1:12; 1:12; 42:11; 42:11; 62:9

Jeremiah

19:14; 26:2; 32:2; 32:8; 32:12; 33:1; 36:10; 36:20; 36:20; 37:21; 38:6; 38:13; 38:28; 39:14; 39:15

Ezekiel

8:7; 8:16; 9:7; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 40:14; 40:19; 40:23; 40:32; 41:15; 42:6

Zechariah

3:7; 3:7

H2691

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Strong's Number H2691 matches the Hebrew חָצֵר (ḥāṣēr),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - And Jeremiah came from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them: diminish not a word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - And the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem; and the prophet Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - And Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine: buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - and I gave the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that had subscribed the writing of purchase, before all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - And they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should conduct him away home. And he dwelt among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
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