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חָצֵר H2691

H2691 is the Hebrew word חָצֵר, transliterated châtsêr and said khaw-tsare'. The King James Version most often renders it court.

Word: חָצֵרTransliteration: châtsêrSaid: khaw-tsare'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 129 verses

What it means

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls).

Where it comes from

(masculine and feminine); from H2690 (חָצַר) in its original sense.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 152 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

court 108×courts 22×villages 18×towns 1×out of the villages 1×voice the villages 1×out of the court 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: court, tower, village.

Verses using חָצֵר

The first 40 of 129 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 25:16 · KJV

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Exodus 8:13 · KJV

And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

Exodus 27:9 · KJV

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

Exodus 27:12 · KJV

And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

Exodus 27:13 · KJV

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

Exodus 27:16 · KJV

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Exodus 27:17 · KJV

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

Exodus 27:18 · KJV

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

Exodus 27:19 · KJV

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

Exodus 35:17 · KJV

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

Exodus 35:18 · KJV

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

Exodus 38:9 · KJV

And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

Exodus 38:15 · KJV

And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Exodus 38:16 · KJV

All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

Exodus 38:17 · KJV

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

Exodus 38:18 · KJV

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Exodus 38:20 · KJV

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Exodus 38:31 · KJV

And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Exodus 39:40 · KJV

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Exodus 40:8 · KJV

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

Exodus 40:33 · KJV

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Leviticus 6:16 · KJV

And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

Leviticus 6:26 · KJV

The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 25:31 · KJV

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

Numbers 3:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

Numbers 3:37 · KJV

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

Numbers 4:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

Numbers 4:32 · KJV

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Joshua 15:47 · KJV

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

Joshua 18:28 · KJV

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Joshua 19:8 · KJV

And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Joshua 21:12 · KJV

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

2 Samuel 17:18 · KJV

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

1 Kings 6:36 · KJV

And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:8 · KJV

And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

1 Kings 7:9 · KJV

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

1 Kings 7:12 · KJV

And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

1 Kings 8:64 · KJV

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

2 Kings 20:4 · KJV

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

2 Kings 21:5 · KJV

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2691 mean?

H2691 is the Hebrew word חָצֵר (châtsêr), meaning a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls).

How is H2691 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it court (108 times), courts (22 times), villages (18 times), towns (1 time), out of the villages (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2691 appear in the Bible?

חָצֵר (châtsêr) is tagged in 129 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2691 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: (masculine and feminine); from H2690 (חָצַר) in its original sense.

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