- χόρτος
- χόρτος, ου, ὁ (Hom. et al.; in var. senses) grass, hay (Hes. et al.; pap, LXX; ViDa 8 [p. 78, 2 Sch.]; ApcrEzk P 1 verso 5 ἀκάνθας ἀντὶ χ̣[όρτου]; Jos., Bell. 6, 153, Ant. 20, 85; Just.), in our lit. almost always of green grass standing in field or meadow Mt 14:19 (v.l. has the pl.); J 6:10. τὸν χόρτον τῆς γῆς Rv 9:4. ὁ χλωρὸς χόρτος (χλωρός 1) Mk 6:39; Rv 8:7. Of wild grass in contrast to cultivated plants ὁ χόρτος τοῦ ἀγροῦ Mt 6:30; cp. Lk 12:28; Js 1:10, 11; 1 Pt 1:24abc (Is 40:6, 7.—ἄνθεα ποίης as early as Od. 9, 449; Zohary 172f). Of stalks of grain in their early, grass-like stages Mt 13:26; Mk 4:28.—1 Cor 3:12 mentions χόρτος hay as a building material (of inferior quality, as Diod S 20, 65, 1 κάλαμος and χόρτος).—B. 519f. DELG. M-M.
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