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חָצִיר

cha.tsirgrassHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine21 occurrences7 books20 verses

Definition

perhaps originally the same as H2681, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively)
Traditional renderings: grass, hay, herb, leek.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָצִיר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

21 total
  1. Numbers 11:5הֶחָצִ֥יר · leeks
    We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
  2. 1 Kings 18:5חָצִ֗יר · grass
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
  3. 2 Kings 19:26חֲצִ֣יר · grass
    Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
  4. Job 8:12חָצִ֣יר · grass
    While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
  5. Job 40:15חָ֝צִ֗יר · grass
    Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
  6. Psalm 37:2כֶ֭חָצִיר · like grass
    For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
  7. Psalm 90:5כֶּחָצִ֥יר · like the new grass
    You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
  8. Psalm 103:15כֶּחָצִ֣יר · are like grass
    As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
  9. Psalm 104:14חָצִ֨יר׀ · He makes the grass
    He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
  10. Psalm 129:6כַּחֲצִ֣יר · like grass
    May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
  11. Psalm 147:8חָצִֽיר׃ · who makes grass
    …who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
  12. Proverbs 27:25חָ֭צִיר · When hay
    When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered,
  13. Isaiah 15:6חָצִיר֙ · [and] the grass
    The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
  14. Isaiah 35:7חָצִ֖יר · there will be grass
    The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
  15. Isaiah 37:27חֲצִ֣יר · grass
    Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
  16. Isaiah 40:6חָצִ֔יר · is like grass
    A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
  17. Isaiah 40:7חָצִיר֙ · The grass; חָצִ֖יר · are grass
    The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
  18. Isaiah 40:8חָצִ֖יר · The grass
    The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  19. Isaiah 44:4חָצִ֑יר · the grass
    They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
  20. Isaiah 51:12חָצִ֥יר · like grass
    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?