# חָצִיר (chatsir)

Israeli respelling: cha-tsir. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2682. 20 Old Testament occurrences.

grass; also a leek (collectively)

King James renderings: grass, hay, herb, leek.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chatsir-h2682

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/5) — We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
- [1 Kings 18:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/5) — And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the…
- [2 Kings 19:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/26) — Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green h…
- [Job 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/8/12) — Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
- [Job 40:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/40/15) — Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- [Psalms 37:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/2) — For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- [Psalms 90:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/90/5) — Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- [Psalms 103:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/15) — As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- [Psalms 104:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/14) — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- [Psalms 129:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/129/6) — Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
- [Psalms 147:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/147/8) — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- [Proverbs 27:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/25) — The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
- [Isaiah 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/15/6) — For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
- [Isaiah 35:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/35/7) — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be g…
- [Isaiah 37:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/37/27) — Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green h…
- [Isaiah 40:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/6) — The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
- [Isaiah 40:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/7) — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
- [Isaiah 40:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/8) — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- [Isaiah 44:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/4) — And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
- [Isaiah 51:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/12) — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shal…