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Notes: It would be possible to combine χόρτος[b] (3.48: χόρτος) with χόρτος[a] small plant, grass (3.15: χόρτος), since the meaning of χόρτος[a] would seem to include the meaning of sprout. On the other hand, the semantic focus of RV MRK 4:28 · LV MRK 4:28 · Read together MRK 4:28 appears to be upon the tender sprout, rather than upon the full-size plant, and since this distinction is lexically important in a number of languages, the term χόρτος has been divided into χόρτος[a] and χόρτος[b] .

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: χόρτος; -ου

Related lemmas: χορτάζω

Sense 1: small plants, grass

Semantic entry: 3.15

Semantic domains: Plants

Subdomains: Plants That Are Not Trees

Definition: small green plants (and in NT contexts referring primarily to green grass in a field or meadow)

Notes: In referring to small green plants, a number of languages employ two quite different terms, one indicating specifically grass (with leaves having parallel veins) and the other designating all other types of annual plants (those having branching veins in the leaves). In RV MAT 13:26 · LV MAT 13:26 · Read together MAT 13:26 it is important to employ a term which would include grass and other plants with parallel veins, since the weeds in this passage imitate the appearance of wheat, which does have parallel veins in the leaves.

Further resources: flora:5.1.2

MAT 6:30: RV MAT 6:30 · LV MAT 6:30 · Read together MAT 6:30

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OET-RV MAT 6:30

30 So if God dresses the plants in the fields that are here today and thrown away tomorrow, won’t he care much more for you, you people with little faith?

OET-LV MAT 6:30

30 But if the god is_ thus _dressing the grass of _the field being today, and tomorrow being _thrown into the_furnace, not by _much more for _you _all, little _faith ones?

MAT 13:26: RV MAT 13:26 · LV MAT 13:26 · Read together MAT 13:26

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OET-RV MAT 13:26

26 Then when the wheat grew and produced grains, the poisonous ‘wheat’ could also be seen.

OET-LV MAT 13:26

26 But when the grass sprouted and produced fruit, then the darnels was _seen also.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 6:30 · RV MAT 13:26 · RV MAT 14:19 · LV MAT 6:30 · LV MAT 13:26 · LV MAT 14:19 · Read together MAT 6:30 · Read together MAT 13:26 · Read together MAT 14:19

MRK: RV MRK 6:39 · LV MRK 6:39 · Read together MRK 6:39

LUK: RV LUK 12:28 · LV LUK 12:28 · Read together LUK 12:28

JHN: RV JHN 6:10 · LV JHN 6:10 · Read together JHN 6:10

CO1: RV CO1 3:12 · LV CO1 3:12 · Read together CO1 3:12

JAM: RV JAM 1:10–11 · LV JAM 1:10–11 · Read together JAM 1:10–11

PE1: RV PE1 1:24 · LV PE1 1:24 · Read together PE1 1:24

REV: RV REV 8:7 · RV REV 9:4 · LV REV 8:7 · LV REV 9:4 · Read together REV 8:7 · Read together REV 9:4

Sense 2: sprout, blade

Semantic entry: 3.48

Semantic domains: Plants

Subdomains: Non-Fruit Parts of Plants

Definition: the young growth of a plant arising from a germinating seed{N:001}

Notes: In a number of languages a clear distinction is made between different kinds of ‘sprouts.’ Certain sprouts have only a single blade (for example, grass), while others are double (as in the case of beans). In RV MRK 4:28 · LV MRK 4:28 · Read together MRK 4:28 the reference is to a grass-like plant with a single blade

Further resources: flora:5.1.2

MRK 4:28: RV MRK 4:28 · LV MRK 4:28 · Read together MRK 4:28

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OET-RV MRK 4:28

28 The earth is designed to multiply the seed: first a sprout appears, then a bigger plant, and then the full head of grain.

OET-LV MRK 4:28

28 The earth is _bearing _fruit automatic:
first a_blade, thereafter a_head _of _grain, thereafter full grain in the head _of _grain.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χόρτος

Form 1

Sense 1: small plants, grass

Sense 2: sprout, blade