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Lexicon :: Strong's H2691 - ḥāṣēr

Aa
חָצֵר
Transliteration
ḥāṣēr
Pronunciation
khaw-tsare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָצַר (H2690) in its original sense
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 722a,723a

Strong’s Definitions

חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x

The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x
The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

  1. court, enclosure

    1. enclosures

    2. court

  2. settled abode, settlement, village, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.
STRONGS H2691: Abbreviations
I. חָצֵר 145 noun masculine Ezekiel 40:23 and (oftener) feminine 1 Kings 6:36 enclosure, court — absolute ח׳ 1 Kings 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Jeremiah 36:20; construct חֲצַר Exodus 27:9 +; suffix חֲצֵרוֺ 2 Samuel 17:18; חֲצֵרוֺת Exodus 8:9 + 4 times; construct חַצְרֵי Nehemiah 13:7, הַצְרוֺת 2 Kings 21:5 + 10 times; suffix חֲצֵרָ֑י Isaiah 1:12; Zechariah 3:7; חֲצֵרֶיךָ Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:11; חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1 Chronicles 28:6; חֲצֵרֹתָיו Psalm 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו Psalm 96:8, וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 8:16; —
1. enclosures (in Egypt), perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exodus 8:9 (J).
2. court of private house 2 Samuel 17:18 (containing well), compare Nehemiah 8:16; of a palace, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from הַגְּדוֺלָה (הֶ)ח׳ 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:12 the great court, including הא׳ ח׳ and הַמְּנִימִית הֶח׳ of temple (see 3b) in one great enclosure (see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.); 2 Kings 20:4 (Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others הָעִיר), Jeremiah 36:20; Esther 1:5; Esther 2:11; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1, 2; Esther 6:4 (twice in verse); Esther 6:5; מַטָּרָה ח׳ court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jeremiah 32:2 (in king's house), Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6, 13, 28; Jeremiah 39:14, 15. Especially
3. a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:9, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 27:12; Exodus 27:13 + 24 times Exodus (all P; שַׁעַר הֶח׳ gate of the court Exodus 35:17; Exodus 38:15, 18, 31; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 40:8, 33); Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Numbers 3:26 (twice in verse) (פֶּתַח הֶח׳), Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:26 (twice in verse) (הֶח׳ שַׁעַר פֶּתַח), Numbers 4:32; courts of house of י׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28.
b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with הַפְּנִימִית הֶח׳ 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:12 (but on text see Stal.c.) Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:3 compare Ezekiel 10:4;＝upper with הָעֶלְיוֺן הֶח׳ Jeremiah 36:10 (see Gf), and הַכֹּהֲנִים ח׳ 2 Chronicles 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה, as often Ezek., also דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה); outer court הֶח׳ הַחִיצֹנָה Ezekiel 10:5＝הַחֲדָשָׁה הֶח׳ 2 Chronicles 20:5; see further 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; 24:21; 29:16; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 8:7; two courts 2 Kings 21:5 2 Chronicles 33:5; 2 Kings 23:12; courts Ezekiel 9:7; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 23:5; Nehemiah 8:1, 6; Nehemiah 13:7; often in poetry, courts of י׳ Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 62:9 (קדשׁי ח׳), Zechariah 3:7; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:3; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 96:8; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:2
c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:14 + 38 times Ezekiel 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר Ezekiel 40:19, 32 with Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר Ezekiel 41:15 with Greek Version of the LXX Ew Co). **Ezekiel 42:6 הַחִיצֹנוֺת for הַחֲצֵרוֺת.

II. [חָצֵר] 46 noun masculineNehemiah 11:25 settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl.c.) — always plural, absolute חֲצֵרִים Joshua 19:8 + 5 times; construct חַצְרֵי 1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 12:28; suffix חֲצֵרֶיהָ Joshua 21:12 + 4 times; חַצְרֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:33 + 6 times; חַצְרֵיהֶן Joshua 13:23 + 24 times Joshua; —
a. settlements of Ishmaelites Genesis 25:16 (P; || טִירוֺת circles of tents); of עַוִּים [H2699 Deuteronomy 2:23]; of Kedar Isaiah 42:11 (|| עָרִים); בָּתֵּי הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב Leviticus 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים Psalm 10:8 lurking-place(s) of villages (i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usually...
b. as dependencies of cities Joshua 15:46, with בְּנֹתֶיהָ (see above בַּת 4.) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים וְכָלהַֿח׳ Joshua 19:8 (P), also Joshua 21:12 (P),＝1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 12:29; also Joshua 13:23, 28; Joshua 15:32 + 23 times Joshua (all P), Nehemiah 11:25, 30 (|| בָּנוֺת Nehemiah 11:25; Nehemiah 11:27 etc.), Nehemiah 12:28.
c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isaiah 42:11 above) 1 Chronicles 9:16, 22, 25 (all of Levites).
d. ח׳ apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem הַח׳ בִּשְׂדֹתָם Nehemiah 11:25. — ח׳ in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Joshua 15:20-32).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:16

Exodus

8:9; 8:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 35:17; 38:15; 38:18; 38:31; 39:40; 40:8; 40:33

Leviticus

6:9; 6:19; 25:31

Numbers

3:26; 3:37; 4:26; 4:32

Joshua

13:23; 13:23; 13:28; 15:32; 15:45; 15:46; 15:47; 19:8; 19:8; 21:12; 21:12

2 Samuel

17:18; 17:18

1 Kings

6:36; 6:36; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:12; 7:12; 8:64

2 Kings

20:4; 21:5; 21:5; 23:12

1 Chronicles

4:33; 6:41; 9:16; 9:16; 9:22; 9:25; 23:28; 28:6; 28:12

2 Chronicles

4:9; 7:7; 20:5; 23:5; 24:21; 29:16; 33:5

Nehemiah

8:1; 8:6; 8:16; 8:16; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:27; 11:30; 12:28; 12:28; 12:29; 13:7; 13:7

Esther

1:5; 2:11; 4:11; 5:1; 5:2; 6:4; 6:5

Psalms

10:8; 65:5; 65:5; 84:3; 84:11; 84:11; 96:8; 96:8; 100:4; 100:4; 116:19; 135:2

Isaiah

1:12; 1:12; 42:11; 42:11; 62:9

Jeremiah

19:14; 26:2; 32:2; 32:8; 32:12; 33:1; 36:10; 36:20; 36:20; 37:21; 38:6; 38:13; 38:28; 39:14; 39:15

Ezekiel

8:7; 8:16; 9:7; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 40:14; 40:19; 40:23; 40:32; 41:15; 42:6

Zechariah

3:7; 3:7

H2691

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Strong's Number H2691 matches the Hebrew חָצֵר (ḥāṣēr),
which occurs 190 times in 163 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 25:16–Jos 19:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:13 - And the Lord did as Moses said; and there was an end of all the frogs in the houses and in the open spaces and in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - And for the open space on the west side, the hangings are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten pillars and ten bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - And on the east side the space is to be fifty cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars round the open space are to have silver bands, with hooks of silver and bases of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The open space is to be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, with sides five cubits high, curtained with the best linen, with bases of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - All the instruments for the work of the House, and all its nails, and the nails of the open space are to be of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:17 - The hangings for the open space, its pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:18 - The nails for the House, and the nails for the open space and their cords;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And the same on the other side of the doorway; on this side and on that the hangings were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings were of the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:20 - All the nails used for the House and the open space round it were of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - And the bases for the open space all round and for its doorway, and all the nails for the House and for the open space.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - The hangings for the open space, with the pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway, and the cords and nails, and all the instruments necessary for the work of the House of the Tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:8 - And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - And whatever is over Aaron and his sons may have for their food, taking it without leaven in a holy place; in the open space of the Tent of meeting they may take a meal of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - The priest by whom it is offered for sin, is to take it for his food in a holy place, in the open space of the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:31 - But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as property in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:37 - And the pillars of the open space round it, with their bases and nails and cords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, with the cords and all the things used for them; whatever is necessary for these, they are to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there; all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And the limit of the children of Reuben was the edge of Jordan. This was the heritage of the children of Reuben by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - This is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44 - And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45 - Ekron, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46 - From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 - Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:54 - And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - Together with the towns marked out for the children of Ephraim in the heritage of Manasseh, all the towns with their unwalled places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - And Zela, Eleph and the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath and Kiriath; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen towns with their unwalled places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan; four towns with their unwalled places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - And all the unwalled places round about these towns as far as Baalath-beer-ramah to the south. This is the heritage of the tribe of Simeon by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - And Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Beth-lehem; twelve towns with their unwalled places.

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