חָצִיר

Strong’s Definition

grass; also a leek (collectively)

Etymology & Derivation

perhaps originally the same as H2681 (חָצִיר), from the greenness of a courtyard;

KJV Usage

grass, hay, herb, leek.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.grass, leek, green grass, herbage
• 2.grass
• 3.of the quickly perishing (figuratively)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châtsîyr; Pronunciation: khaw-tseer'