grass

Greek Noun Male

χόρτος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc;] 1) an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.). 2) food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mat.13:26 14:19, Mrk.4:28 6:39, Luk.12:28, Jhn.6:10, 1Co.3:12, Jas.1:10-11, 1Pe.1:24 " (LXX), Rev.9:4; χ. χλωρός, Mrk.6:39, Rev.8:7. (AS)

grass

Greek Noun Male

χόρτος, ὁ, properly enclosed place (see. entry near the end), but always with collateral notion of a feeding-place: in [Refs 8th c.BC+], farmyard, in which the cattle were kept, αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτῳ [Refs] 2) generally, any feeding-ground, pasturage, frequently in plural, χόρτοι λέοντος, of Nemea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χόρτος οὐρανοῦ the expanse of heaven, poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+] II) fodder, provender, especially for horses and cattle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; grass, [NT+8th c.BC+]hay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἐβλάστησεν, ἐξηράνθη, [NT+5th c.BC+]; χόρτον ἔχει ἔπὶ τοῦ κέρατος as translation of the Latin proverb, foenum habet in cornu, of a dangerous ox, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.b) green crop, [γῆ] ἐσπαρμένη χόρτῳ [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) poetical, food generally, δούλιος χ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; compare χορτάζω. (Cf. Latin hortus, Welsh garth 'fold, enclosure', Irish gort 'crop', 'field'.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation; blade, grass, hay; apparently a primary word