חָצִירchâtsîyr

green grass, herbage

Pronunciation: khaw-tseer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2682

Meanings

1. grass, as food for animals (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Psalms 104:14)

2. as type of what is quickly perishing (Job 8:12; Isaiah 37:27; 2 Kings 19:26)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 11:5 “We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted.
  • 1 Kings 18:5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “We must check every spring and valley in the land to see if we can find enough grass to save at least some of my horses and mules.”
  • 2 Kings 19:26 That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall.
  • Job 8:12 While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
  • Job 40:15 “Take a look at Behemoth, which I made, just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox.
  • Psalms 37:2 For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).