חָצִיר
châtsîyr · khaw-tseer'
grass; also a leek (collectively)
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps originally the same as H2681 (חָצִיר), from the greenness of a courtyard;
grass; also a leek (collectively)
- grass
- also, a leek (collectively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָצִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the grass3 · 14%
- grass2 · 10%
- as the grass2 · 10%
- is grass2 · 10%
- and the leeks1 · 5%
- any other herb1 · 5%
- like the grass1 · 5%
- they are like grass1 · 5%
- are as grass1 · 5%
- he causeth the grass1 · 5%
- let them be as the grass1 · 5%
- who maketh grass1 · 5%
- the hay1 · 5%
- for the hay1 · 5%
- shall be grass1 · 5%
- as grass1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.