HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2682
חָצִיר
cha.tsir — grass
1a) grass 1b) of the quickly perishing (fig.)
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Grass
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1877
דֶּ֫שֶׁא
de.she — grass
grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young Aramaic equivalent: de.te (דֶּ֫תֶא "grass" H1883)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5528
χόρτος
chortos — grass
χόρτος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc. ;] 1. an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.). 2. food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mat.13:26 14:19, Mrk.4:28 6:39, Luk.12:28, Jhn.6:10, 1Co.3:12, Jas.1:10-11, 1Pe.1:24" (LXX), Rev.9:4; χ. χλωρός, Mrk.6:39, Rev.8:7.† (AS)
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1883
דֶּ֫תֶא
de.te — grass
grass Aramaic of de.she (דֶּ֫שֶׁא "grass" H1877)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6212
עֵ֫שֶׂב
e.sev — vegetation
herb, herbage, grass, green plants Aramaic equivalent: a.sav (עֲשַׂב "grass" H6211B)
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2498
חָלַף
cha.laph — to pass
1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass on quickly 1a2) to pass away (vanish) 1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass) 1a4) to pass through 1a5) to overstep, transgress 1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change 1c) (Hiph) 1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew 1c2) to show newness (of tree) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (חֲלַף "to pass" H2499)
27 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8025
שָׁלַף
sha.laph — to draw
1) to draw out or off, take off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw out 1a2) to draw off 1a3) to shoot up, draw out (of blade of grass on roof)
24 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2284
חָגָב
cha.gav — locust
locust, grasshopper
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1488
גֵּז
gez — fleece
1) a shearing, mowing 1a) shearing, that sheared off 1b) a mowing, mown grass
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2842
חֲשַׁשׁ
cha.shash — chaff
chaff, dry grass
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1008
βοτάνη
botanē — crop
βοτάνη, -ῆς, ἡ (βόσκω), [in LXX for עֵשֶׂב, דֶשֶׁא, חָצִיר ;] 1. grass, fodder. 2. green herb: Heb.6:7.† SYN.: λάχανον, a garden herb, a vegetable. (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20511
ἠχέτης
ēchetēs — sounding
clear-sounding, musical , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;of the grasshopper, chirping , (Hesiod) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21345
χορτώδης
chortōdēs — of grass, like grass
of grass, like grass
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6128
ἄγρωστις
agrōstis — wild grass
Substantive and adjective, (Sophocles Tragicus), a grass that mules fed on . (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6636
ἄχει
achei — reed-grass
reed-grass
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6700
βροῦχος
brouchos — grasshopper
grasshopper
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8254
μάντις
mantis — a clairvoyant
1. one who divines, a seer, prophet , (Homer), etc.:—;as feminine a prophetess , [variant datesTragica Adespota, (Thucydides) 2. metaphorically a diviner, foreboder , (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. a kind of grasshopper , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8828
πόα
poa — herbage
1. grass, herb , (Homer), etc.; ποία Μηδική, Lat. herba Medica, sainfoin or lucerne , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. the grass , i. e. a grassy place , plat., (Xenophon Historicus) 3. in Poets, of Time, τέσσαρας πόας four grasses , i. e. summers , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(1.) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As the herbage rapidly fades under the scorching sun, it is used as an image of the brevity of human life (Isa. 40:6, 7; Ps. 90:5). In Num. 11:5 this word is rendered “leeks.” (2.) Heb. deshe’, green grass (Gen. 1:11, 12; Isa. 66:14; Deut. 32:2). “The sickly and forced blades of grass which spring up on the flat plastered roofs of houses in the East are used as an emblem of speedy destruction, because they are small and weak, and because, under the scorching rays of the sun, they soon wither away” (2 Kings 19:26; Ps. 129:6; Isa. 37:27). The dry stalks of grass were often used as fuel for the oven (Matt. 6:30; 13:30; Luke 12:28).
Scripture references
1 Kings 18:5Job 40:15Psalms 104:14Isaiah 40:6Isaiah 40:7Psalms 90:5Numbers 11:5Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Isaiah 66:14Deuteronomy 32:22 Kings 19:26Psalms 129:6Isaiah 37:27Matthew 6:30Matthew 13:30Luke 12:28
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.