חָצִיר chatsir
Hebrew word for “grass” · Strong’s H2682 · used 21 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1a) grass; 1b) of the quickly perishing (fig.)
Senses in the lexicon
- grass (20)
- leek (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for chatsir in context, with how often each is used:
- grass 13
- like grass 3
- herbage 2
- like the grass 1
- who grass 1
- leeks 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 40 (3), Numbers 11 (1), 1 Kings 18 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), Job 8 (1), Job 40 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Psalms 90 (1), Psalms 103 (1), Psalms 104 (1)
Forms
- חציר 16
- כחציר 4
- החציר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chatsir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דֶּשֶׁא deshe “grass” 5
- יָבֵשׁ yavesh “to wither” 5
- צִיץ tsits “flower” 4
- עֵשֶׂב esev “vegetation” 4
- נָבֵל navel “to wither” 3
- גָּג gag “roof” 3
- צָמַח tsamach “to spring” 3
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 4
- יָרָק yaraq “herb” 2
- קָצֵר qatser “short” 2
- יֶרֶק yereq “green” 2
- קָמָה qamah “standing grain” 2
Key verses
The verses using chatsir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 18:5 — And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules…
- 2 Kings 19:26 — Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on…
- Psalms 37:2 — For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- Psalms 90:5 — Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- Psalms 103:15 — As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- Psalms 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- Psalms 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and…
- Isaiah 37:27 — Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on…
- Isaiah 40:6 — The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
- Isaiah 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Isaiah 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
See all 20 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.