Dictionary entry

χόρτος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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: Mt 13:2614:19, Mk 4:286:39, 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.†