"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"
Definition and meaning
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
In the original Greek the word is written: χόρτος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of chortos (G5528) across the King James Bible.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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Common questions
Strong's G5528 (chortos) is a Greek word that means: 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 It appears 13 times in the King James Bible.
The word chortos (G5528) appears 13 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5528 is chortos, a Greek word defined as: 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. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
chortos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.