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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 48 times in 38 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:7 - And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - Then he said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out.” So they went out and struck in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3 - Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - And the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He measured also the vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17 - Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,[fn] a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 - As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - Its vestibule faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - Its vestibule[fn] faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 - On the outside of the inner gateway there were two chambers[fn] in the inner court, one[fn] at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south[fn] gate facing north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries[fn] on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3 - Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was gallery[fn] against gallery in three stories.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the courts. Thus the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - And there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the nave[fn] were a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 - In the thickness of the wall of the court, on the south[fn] also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:5 - the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:17 - When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments. They shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers. And they shall put on other garments, lest they transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:21 - No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27 - And on the day that he goes into the Holy Place, into the inner court, to minister in the Holy Place, he shall offer his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so transmit holiness to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:21 - Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:22 - in the four corners of the court were small[fn] courts, forty cubits[fn] long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.
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