Strong's Greek · G5528
G5528 chórtos
χόρτος
khor'-tos
grass
Looking for Hebrew H5528 çâkal? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G5528. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
chórtos appears 15 times in Scripture, including Matthew 13:26 and Mark 4:28. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation
In the King James Version
blade, grass, hay
Derivation
apparently a primary word;
Appears 15 times in Scripture
“But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.”
““Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.”
“If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!”
“All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.”
“If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,”
“And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.”
“For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,”
“Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.”
“For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.”
“When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
