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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 10:5הַחֲדָשָׁה 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2691 matches the Hebrew חָצֵר (ḥāṣēr),
which occurs 190 times in 163 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 84:2–Eze 42:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:2 -

My soul has longed and even [fn]fainted for the courts H2691 of Yahweh;

My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 -

For better is a day in Your courts H2691 than a thousand elsewhere.

I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:13 -

Planted in the house of Yahweh,

They will flourish in the courts H2691 of our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:8 -

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;

Lift up [fn]an offering and come into His courts H2691.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:4 -

Enter His gates with [fn]thanksgiving

And His courts H2691 with praise.

Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19 -

In the courts H2691 of the house of Yahweh,

In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

[fn]Praise Yah!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:2 -

You who stand in the house of Yahweh,

In the courts H2691 of the house of our God!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:12 -

“When you come to appear before Me,

Who requires [fn]of you this trampling of My courts H2691?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 -

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,

The villages H2691 where Kedar inhabits.

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,

Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 -

But those who collect it will eat it and praise Yahweh;

And those who gather it will drink it in the courts H2691 of My sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 -

Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court H2691 of the house of Yahweh and said to all the people:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Stand in the court H2691 of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worship in the house of Yahweh all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not take away a word!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - Now at that time the military force of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court H2691 of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - “Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court H2691 of the guard according to the word of Yahweh and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the legal judgment for possession, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the court H2691 of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 -

Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still [fn]confined in the court H2691 of the guard, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court H2691, at the entry of the New Gate of the house of Yahweh, in the hearing of all the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 -

So they went to the king in the court H2691, but they had deposited the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declared all the words in the hearing of the king.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the court H2691 of the guard and gave him a loaf of bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city had come to an end. So Jeremiah remained in the court H2691 of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the [fn]cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court H2691 of the guard; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mire, and Jeremiah sank into the mire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and brought him up from the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the court H2691 of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah stayed in the court H2691 of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court H2691 of the guard and gave him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 -

Now the word of Yahweh had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court H2691 of the guard, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:7 -

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court H2691, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 -

Then He brought me into the inner court H2691 of the house of Yahweh. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east; and they were [fn]prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - And He said to them, “Defile the house and fill the courts H2691 with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3 -

Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court H2691.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory of Yahweh rose up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court H2691 was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court H2691, like the voice of [fn]God Almighty when He speaks.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard H2691.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17 -

Then he brought me into the outer court H2691, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court H2691 all around; thirty chambers [fn]faced the pavement.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court H2691, [fn]one hundred cubits on the east and on the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 -

As for the gate of the outer court H2691 which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - The inner court H2691 had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner court H2691 had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, one hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 -

Then he brought me to the inner court H2691 by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - Its porches were toward the outer court H2691; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 -

Then he brought me into the inner court H2691 toward the east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - Its porches were toward the outer court H2691; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - Its side pillars were toward the outer court H2691; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 -

From the outside to the inner gate were [fn]chambers for the singers in the inner court H2691, one of which was at the [fn]side of the north gate, with [fn]its front toward the south, and one at the [fn]side of the [fn]south gate facing toward the north.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured the court H2691, a perfect square, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 -

He measured the length of the building [fn]along the front of the separate area behind it, with a [fn]gallery on each side, one hundred cubits, along with the inner nave and the porches of the court H2691.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 -

Then he brought me out into the outer court H2691, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3 - Opposite the [fn]twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court H2691, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court H2691, was [fn]gallery corresponding to [fn]gallery in three stories.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts H2691; therefore the upper chambers were [fn]set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court H2691 facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court H2691 was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was one hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court H2691.

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