חָצֵר
châtsêr · khaw-tsare'
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Lexicon
Derivation: (masculine and feminine); from H2690 (חָצַר) in its original sense;
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
- a yard (as inclosed by a fence)
- also, a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: court, tower, village.
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
- 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 head, the highest
To separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָצֵר 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
191 occurrences · 191 OT · 0 NT · 97 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- court43 · 26%
- of the court35 · 21%
- with their villages21 · 13%
- in the court15 · 9%
- the court8 · 5%
- and their villages6 · 4%
- in the courts5 · 3%
- for the court3 · 2%
- and the villages3 · 2%
- and her villages3 · 2%
- courts3 · 2%
- into the court3 · 2%
- of the villages2 · 1%
- of the courts2 · 1%
- in thy courts2 · 1%
- my courts2 · 1%
- by their towns1 · 1%
- out of the villages1 · 1%
- and of the court1 · 1%
- at the court1 · 1%
- and all the villages1 · 1%
- in his court1 · 1%
- and all their villages1 · 1%
- in the villages1 · 1%
- in their villages1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.