Lexical Summary chortos: a feeding place, food, grass Original Word: χόρτοςTransliteration: chortos Phonetic Spelling: (khor'-tos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a feeding place, food, grass Meaning: a feeding place, food, grass Strong's Concordance grass, hay. Apparently a primary word; a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation -- blade, grass, hay. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5528: χόρτοςχόρτος, 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.) |
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