Quick Definition
χόρτος, ου, ὁ n.m. grass, hay
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation
KJV Usage: blade, grass, hay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | χορτάζω
3.15 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees
small plants, grass small green plants (and in NT contexts referring primarily to green grass in a field or meadow) In referring to small green plants, a number of languages employ two quite different terms, one indicating specifically grass (with leaves having parallel veins) and the other designating all other types of annual plants (those having branching veins in the leaves). In MAT 13:26 it is important to employ a term which would include grass and other plants with parallel veins, since the weeds in this passage imitate the appearance of wheat, which does have parallel veins in the leaves.
MAT 6:30 · MAT 13:26 · MAT 14:19 · MRK 6:39 · LUK 12:28 · JHN 6:10 · 1CO 3:12 · JAS 1:10 · JAS 1:11 · 1PE 1:24 · 1PE 1:24 · 1PE 1:24 · REV 8:7 · REV 9:4
3.48 · Plants · Non-Fruit Parts of Plants
sprout, blade the young growth of a plant arising from a germinating seed In a number of languages a clear distinction is made between different kinds of ‘sprouts.’ Certain sprouts have only a single blade (for example, grass), while others are double (as in the case of beans). In MRK 4:28 the reference is to a grass-like plant with a single blade
1 It would be possible to combine χόρτος[b] (3.48) with χόρτος[a] small plant, grass (3.15), since the meaning of χόρτος[a] would seem to include the meaning of sprout. On the other hand, the semantic focus of MRK 4:28 appears to be upon the tender sprout, rather than upon the full-size plant, and since this distinction is lexically important in a number of languages, the term χόρτος has been divided into χόρτος[a] and χόρτος[b] .
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χόρτος, -ov, 6; 1. the place where grass grows and animals graze: Hom. II. 11, 774; 24, 640. 2. fr. Hes. down, grass, herbage, hay, provender: of green grass, Mt. vi. 30; xiv. 19; Lk. xii. 28; Jn. vi. 10; Jas. i. 10sq.; 1 Pet. i. 24 (fr. Is. xl. 6 sqq.); Rev. ix. 4; χόρτ. χλωρός, Mk. vi. 39; Rev. viii. 7; χόρτος of growing crops, Mt. xiii. 26; Mk. iv. 28; of hay, 1 Co. iii. 12. (Sept. for 1ST) grass, and 5})}».}" Xovtds, -ἃ [ΤᾺ Proleg. p.104; B. 20 (18)], 6, Chuzas [ A.V. (less correctly) Chusa], the steward of Herod Antipas: Lk. viii. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χόρτος chortos 15x
an enclosure; pasture ground; fodder for beasts; in NT herbage, grass, Mt. 6:30; 14:19; a plant of corn, Mt. 13:26; Mk. 4:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χόρτος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc. ;]
an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.).
food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mt 13:26 14:19, Mk 4:28 6:39, Lk 12:28, Jo 6:10, I Co 3:12, Ja 1:10, 11, I Pe 1:24 (LXX), Re 9:4; χ. χλωρός, Mk 6:39, Re 8:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χόρτος, “*orass,’’ “Πᾶν: P Petr III. 62(4)® (iii/B.c.) χόρτον ξηροῦ, P Lille 558. (5.6. 260-259) χόρτου σπέρματος, P Ryl II. 129% (Α.Ὁ. 30) ἤροσάν μου χόρτου δέσμας πεντηκοσίας, “they carried off five hundred bundles of my hay,” BGU I. 248% (i/A.D.) δήλωσον δέ por, πόσου εἰς κοπὴν ὃ χόρτος πιπράσκεται, P Fay 1198 (c. A.D. 100) χόρτον σαπρόν, ‘rotten hay,’’ P Oxy III. 4991® (A.D. 121) ὥστε ξυλαμῆσαι χόρτον εἰς κοπὴν Kal ἐπινομήν, ‘so as to be cultivated with grass for cutting and grazing,” P Flor I. 12758 (A.D. 256) xAwpd[v χ]όρτον ποιῆσον ἐνεχθῆναι, and P Oxy VIII. 11078 (v/vi A.D.) χόρτον, ‘‘ green crops ”’ (Ed.). the adj. see PSI VI. 5798 (B.c. 246-5) τὴν χορτοφόρον γῆν παραδείξας ᾿Ιάσονι. For Xovlas, “*Chuza,” a house-steward of Herod Antipas (Lk 8%). The name has been found in a Nabataean inser. making it probable that Chuza was not a Jew but a Nabataean : see F. C. Burkitt in Zxf V. ix. p. 118 ff. (cf. Syriac Forms, p- 6), where also Blass’s contention (Phz/ology of the Gospels, Xpaopat p- 152f.) on the evidence of ἢ, a vii/A.p. Old Latin version, that Chuza was also called Cydias, is criticized.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χόρτος (chortos) — grass. 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'.)