What does חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr) mean in the Bible?
חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr): Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
Hebrew · H2682
חָצִיר
Grass ; also a leek (collectively)
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חָצִיר H2682
Pronunciation ḥāṣiyr
What does חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr) mean in the Bible?
חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr): Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
Full entry for חָצִיר (H2682) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2682?
The BSB source-word alignment has 21 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include grass (5), like grass (3), The grass (3), [and] the grass (1), are grass (1).
Where does חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 11:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (9), Psalms (6), Job (2), 1 Kings (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It grass 5× 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 8:12, Job 40:15
like grass 3× Psalms 37:2, Psalms 129:6, Isaiah 51:12
The grass 3× Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 44:4
[and] the grass 1× Isaiah 15:6
are grass 1× Isaiah 40:7
are like grass 1× Psalms 103:15
He makes the grass 1× Psalms 104:14
is like grass 1× Isaiah 40:6
leeks 1× Numbers 11:5
like the new grass 1× Psalms 90:5
there will be grass 1× Isaiah 35:7
When hay 1× Proverbs 27:25
who makes grass 1× Psalms 147:8
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 11:5 הֶחָצִ֥יר to leeks Article | Noun - masculine singular 1 Kings 18:5 חָצִ֗יר to grass Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 19:26 חֲצִ֣יר to grass Noun - masculine singular construct Job 8:12 חָצִ֣יר to grass Noun - masculine singular Job 40:15 חָ֝צִ֗יר to grass Noun - masculine singular Psalms 37:2 כֶ֭חָצִיר to like grass Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 90:5 כֶּחָצִ֥יר to like the new grass Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 103:15 כֶּחָצִ֣יר to are like grass Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 104:14 חָצִ֨יר׀ to He makes the grass Noun - masculine singular Psalms 129:6 כַּחֲצִ֣יר to like grass Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 11:5
Aligned rows 21
Books represented 7
Numbers 1 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 1 Job 2 Psalms 6 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 9
Source forms
חָצִ֖יר 3x ḥā·ṣîr Isaiah 35:7, Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8
חֲצִ֣יר 2x ḥă·ṣîr 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27
חָצִיר֙ 2x ḥā·ṣîr Isaiah 15:6, Isaiah 40:7
הֶחָצִ֥יר 1x he·ḥā·ṣîr Numbers 11:5
חָצִ֗יר 1x ḥā·ṣîr 1 Kings 18:5
חָצִ֣יר 1x ḥā·ṣîr Job 8:12
חָ֝צִ֗יר 1x ḥā·ṣîr Job 40:15
חָ֭צִיר 1x ḥā·ṣîr Proverbs 27:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 14x 1 Kings 18:5, Job 8:12, Job 40:15, Psalms 104:14
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Psalms 37:2, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 103:15
Noun - masculine singular construct 2x 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Numbers 11:5
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Psalms 129:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
Source Gloss
grass ; also a leek (collectively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
grass; also a leek (collectively) BDB: green grass Usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Grass as metaphor for human mortality and transience of life
Grass as provision for livestock, demonstrating divine care
Grass and hay as agricultural produce for sustenance and economic value
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 21 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
חָצִיר is built from this root:
חָצִיר H2681
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain