חָצֵר
cha.tser
village
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "cha.tser" (H2691B) refers to a "village" (short definition). Given its 46 occurrences in the Bible, it is a reasonably common term used to describe a geographic location. This word's semantic domain is Geography & Place, which suggests it's closely tied to the physical environment. The term is not limited to any particular type of village. It can be used to describe an inhabited area in various contexts, such as in the description of the village's inhabitants (e.g., 2 Samuel 24:9) or the location of significant events (e.g., 1 Kings 4:7-19). This broad applicability indicates that "cha.tser" serves as a general term for any human settlement in the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
46 total occurrences across the text
As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
Nehemiah 11:25As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
Nehemiah 11:30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah 12:28The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
Nehemiah 12:29also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
Genesis 25:16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
Leviticus 25:31But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
Deuteronomy 2:23Then the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza: the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)
Joshua 21:12But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Joshua 13:23The border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages.
Joshua 13:28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages.
Joshua 15:32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
Joshua 15:36Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:41Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:45Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
Joshua 15:46from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
Joshua 15:47Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
Joshua 15:47Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
Joshua 15:51Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:54Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:59Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:60Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
Joshua 15:62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
Joshua 16:9together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
Joshua 18:24Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
Joshua 18:28Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Joshua 19:6Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;
Joshua 19:7Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;
Joshua 19:8and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
Joshua 19:15Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:22The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:38Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
1 Chronicles 6:56but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
1 Chronicles 9:16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
1 Chronicles 9:22All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.
1 Chronicles 9:25Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them: