- Original: χόρτος - Transliteration: Chortos - Phonetic: khor'-tos - Definition: 1. the place where grass grows and animals graze 2. grass, herbage, hay, provender a. of green grass b. of growing crops - Origin: apparently a primary word - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Apparently a primary word; a court or garden that is (by implication of pasture) herbage or vegetation: - blade grass hay. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • grass, 10 Mat 14:19; Mar 6:39; Joh 6:10; Jam 1:10; Jam 1:11; 1 Peter 1:24(3); Revelation 8:7; Revelation 9:4 • hay, 1 1 Corinthians 3:12