Hebrew

Court

חָצֵרStrong’s H2691

chatser (cha-tser)

Appears in 164 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chatser is the Hebrew word usually translated “courtyard”, “villages their” and “courtyard of”. It appears in 164 verses of the Old Testament.

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.”

Zechariah 3:7 KJV

Meaning

Court, enclosureenclosures · court
Settled abode, settlement, village, town

How it's translated

the courtyard 58
and villages their 29
in courtyard of 12
the court 7
to the courtyard 7
in courts of 5
the villages 4
and villages its 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ezekiel 38
Joshua 31
Exodus 20
Jeremiah 14
1 Chronicles 9
Psalms 9

18 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 164 verses, by book

Genesis 1: 25:16
Exodus 20: 8:13 27:9 27:12 27:13 27:16 27:17 27:18 27:19 35:17 35:18 38:9 38:15 38:16 38:17 38:18 38:20 38:31 39:40 40:8 40:33
Leviticus 3: 6:16 6:26 25:31
Numbers 4: 3:26 3:37 4:26 4:32
Deuteronomy 1: 2:23
Joshua 31: 13:23 13:28 15:32 15:36 15:41 15:44 15:45 15:46 15:47 15:51 15:54 15:57 15:59 15:60 15:62 16:9 18:24 18:28 19:6 19:7 19:8 19:15 19:16 19:22 19:23 19:30 19:31 19:38 19:39 19:48 21:12
2 Samuel 1: 17:18
1 Kings 5: 6:36 7:8 7:9 7:12 8:64
2 Kings 3: 20:4 21:5 23:12
1 Chronicles 9: 4:32 4:33 6:56 9:16 9:22 9:25 23:28 28:6 28:12
2 Chronicles 7: 4:9 7:7 20:5 23:5 24:21 29:16 33:5
Nehemiah 7: 3:25 8:16 11:25 11:30 12:28 12:29 13:7
Esther 7: 1:5 2:11 4:11 5:1 5:2 6:4 6:5
Psalms 9: 10:8 65:4 84:2 84:10 92:13 96:8 100:4 116:19 135:2
Isaiah 3: 1:12 42:11 62:9
Jeremiah 14: 19:14 26:2 32:2 32:8 32:12 33:1 36:10 36:20 37:21 38:6 38:13 38:28 39:14 39:15
Ezekiel 38: 8:7 8:16 9:7 10:3 10:4 10:5 40:14 40:17 40:19 40:20 40:23 40:27 40:28 40:31 40:32 40:34 40:37 40:44 40:47 41:15 42:1 42:3 42:6 42:7 42:8 42:9 42:10 42:14 43:5 44:17 44:19 44:21 44:27 45:19 46:1 46:20 46:21 46:22
Zechariah 1: 3:7

Hebrew dictionary

חָצֵר chatser · court

1) court, enclosure 1a) enclosures 1b) court

חָצֵר chatser · village

settled abode, settlement, village, town

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “court” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

COURT, noun

A place in front of a house, inclosed by a wall or fence; in popular language, a court-yard.
A space inclosed by houses, broader than a street; or a space forming a kind of recess from a public street.
A palace; the place of residence of a king or sovereign prince.
The hall, chamber or place where justice is administered.

All definitions and other forms of “court”

Persons who compose the retinue or council of a king or emperor.
The persons or judges assembled for hearing and deciding causes, civil, criminal, military, naval or ecclesiastical; as a court of law; a court of chancery; a court martial; a court of admiralty; an ecclesiastical court; court baron; etc.
Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
The art of pleasing; the art of insinuation; civility; flattery; address to gain favor.
In scripture, an inclosed part of the entrance into a palace or house.
In the United States, a legislature consisting of two houses; as the General court of Massachusetts.
A session of the legislature.

COURT, verb transitive

In a general sense, to flatter; to endeavor to please by civilities and address; a use of the word derived from the manners of a court
To woo; to solicit for marriage.
To attempt to gain by address; to solicit; to seek; as, to court commendation or applause.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.