Quick Definition
grass,hay
Strong's Definition
a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: blade, grass, hay
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χόρτος, χόρτου, ὁ;
1. the place where grass grows and animals glaze: Homer, Iliad 11, 774; 24, 640.
2. from Hesiod down, grass, herbage, hay, provender: of green grass, Mat_6:30; Mat_14:19; Luk_12:28; Joh_6:10; Jas_1:10; 1Pe_1:24 (from Isa_40:6 ff); Rev_9:4; χόρτος χλωρός, Mar_6:39; Rev_8:7; χόρτος of growing crops, Mat_13:26; Mar_4:28; of hay, 1Co_3:12. (the Sept. for ηΘφΔιψ, grass, and ςΖωΖ�α.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χόρτος chortos 15x
an enclosure;
pasture ground;
fodder for beasts;
in NT herbage, grass, Mat_6:30 ; Mat_14:19 ;
a plant of corn, Mat_13:26 ; Mar_4:28 grass.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χόρτος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6212 , also for H2682 , etc.;]
1. an enclosure, a feeding place ( Hom .).
2. food , esp . for cattle, grass: Mat_13:26 ; Mat_14:19 , Mar_4:28 ; Mar_6:39 , Luk_12:28 , Joh_6:10 , 1Co_3:12 , Jas_1:10-11 , 1Pe_1:24 ( LXX ), Rev_9:4 ; χ . χλωρός , Mar_6:39 , Rev_8:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χόρτος [page 690]
grass, hay : P Petr III. 62 ( b ) .6 (iii/B.C.) χόρτου ξηροῦ , P Lille 5 .63 (B.C. 260 259) χόρτου σπέρματος P Ryl II. 129 .12 (A.D. 30) ἤροσάν μου χόρτου δέσμας πεντηκοσίας , they carried off five hundred bundles of my hay, BGU I. 248 .25 (i/A.D.) δήλωσον δέ μοι , πόσου εἰς κοπὴν ὁ χόρτος πιπράσκεται , P Fay 119 .6 (c. A.D. 100) χόρτον σαπρόν , rotten hay, P Oxy III. 499 .15 (A.D. 121) ὥστε ξυλαμῆσαι χόρτον εἰς κοπὴν καὶ ἐπινομήν , so as to be cultivated wilh grass for cutting and grazing, P Flor I. 127 .23 (A.D. 256) χλωρὸ [ν χ ]όρτον ποιῆσον ἐνεχθῆναι , and P Oxy VIII. 1107 .3 (v/vi A.D.) χόρτον , green crops (Ed.). For the adj. see PSI VI. 579 .6 (B.C. 246 5) τὴν χορτοφόρον γῆν παραδείξας Ἰάσονι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χόρτος χόρτος, ὁ, "an inclosed place, a feeding-place", αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτῳ Il. generally, "any feeding-ground", in pl. χόρτοι λέοντος Pind. ; χόρτοι εὔδενδροι Eur. "food, fodder, provender", esp. for cattle, Hes. , etc.; "grass", NTest. ; χόρτος κοῦφος "hay", Xen. : opp. to σῖτος (food for man), Hdt. , Xen. : "food" generally, Eur. , Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)