חָצֵר
ḥāṣēr
settled abode
Strong's H2691NounHebrewTWOT 722a

חָצֵר (ḥāṣēr) is a Hebrew noun meaning settled abode. It appears 190 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2691).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 722a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 722a)enclosure, court; yard, hamlet; tower, village
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָצֵר noun, masculine: enclosure, court

and (oftener) feminine enclosure, court

Strong's H2691 חָצֵר: a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV:court, tower, village.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 722: חצר ḥṣr — encompass, surround, enclose, enclosure, court

See it in Scripture

Genesis 25:16Exodus 27:9Leviticus 25:31

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