Grass <1,,5528, chortos>
primarily denoted "a feeding enclosure" (whence Latin hortus, "a garden;" Eng., "yard," and "garden"); then, "food," especially grass for feeding cattle; it is translated "grass" in Mat 6:30, Mat 14:19, Mar 6:39 (where "the green grass" is the first evidence of early spring); Luk 12:28, Joh 6:10, Jam 1:1,11, 1Pe 1:24, Rev 8:7, Rev 9:4; "blade" in Mat 13:26, Mar 4:28; "hay" in 1Co 3:12, used figuratively. In Palestine or Syria there are 90 genera and 243 species of grass.
