GreekG5528Noun (Masculine)

χόρτος

chortos

13Occurrences
G5528Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.an enclosure, a feeding place .
2.food, esp. for cattle, grass
LXX: chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

χόρτος appears 13 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
3
James
2
Mark
2
Revelation
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
John
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 3:12BSB

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

James 1:10BSB

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

John 6:10BSB

“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

Matthew 13:26BSB

When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Matthew 6:30BSB

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.