Word Study · Strong's H2682 · Hebrew
חָצִיר
chatsir
khaw-tseer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châtsîyr
“grass”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
grass; also a leek (collectively)
Rendered in the KJV as
grass, hay, herb, leek.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 17inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 17
- חָצִ֖יר3
- חֲצִ֣יר2
- חָצִיר֙2
- הֶחָצִ֥יר1
- חָצִ֗יר1
- חָצִ֣יר1
- חָ֝צִ֗יר1
- חָ֭צִיר1
- חָצִ֔יר1
- חָצִ֑יר1
- חָצִ֥יר1
- חָצִ֨יר׀1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- grass9
- [is] grass2
- grass of2
- herbage2
- like the grass2
- [are] like the grass1
- [who] grass1
- like [the] grass of1
- the leek[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular14
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 14
- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job2 occurrences
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 37:2כֶ֭חָצִירkhechatzirpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.here: like the grass
- Psalms 90:5כֶּחָצִ֥ירkechatzirpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularYou whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—here: like the grass
- Psalms 103:15כֶּחָצִ֣ירkechatzirpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAs for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;here: [are] like the grass
- Psalms 104:14חָצִ֨יר׀chatzirnoun · masculine singularHe makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:here: grass
- Psalms 129:6כַּחֲצִ֣ירkachatzirpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,here: like [the] grass of
- Psalms 147:8חָצִֽיר׃chatzirnoun · masculine singularwho covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.here: grass
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah9 occurrences
- Isaiah 15:6חָצִיר֙chatzirnoun · masculine singularThe waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.here: grass
- Isaiah 35:7חָצִ֖ירchatzirnoun · masculine singularThe 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.here: herbage
- Isaiah 37:27חֲצִ֣ירchatzirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: grass of
- Isaiah 40:6חָצִ֔ירchatzirnoun · masculine singularA 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.here: [is] grass
- Isaiah 40:7חָצִיר֙chatzirnoun · masculine singularThe grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.here: grass
- Isaiah 40:7חָצִ֖ירchatzirnoun · masculine singularThe grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.here: [is] grass
- Isaiah 40:8חָצִ֖ירchatzirnoun · masculine singularThe grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”here: grass
- Isaiah 44:4חָצִ֑ירchatzirnoun · masculine singularThey will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.here: grass
- Isaiah 51:12חָצִ֥ירchatzirnoun · masculine singular“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?here: [who] grass
Same headword in Strong's