Strong's Hebrew · H2691

H2691 châtsêr

חָצֵר

khaw-tsare'

court

Looking for Greek G2691 katastrēniáō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2691. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

châtsêr appears 190 times in Scripture, including Genesis 25:16 and Exodus 8:13. 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 yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

In the King James Version

court, tower, village.

Derivation

(masculine and feminine); from H2690 (חָצַר) in its original sense;

Appears 190 times in Scripture

Exodus 35:18

“the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;”

Genesis 25:16

“These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.”

Exodus 8:13

“And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.”

Exodus 27:13

“The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.”

Exodus 39:40

“the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;”

Exodus 35:17

“the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;”

Exodus 27:9

“You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,”

Exodus 27:12

“The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.”

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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).

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