Lexical Definition

‎χόρτος‎ chórtos (khor'-tos) grass ^G:N-M
apparently a primary word

blade, grass, hay.

• a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation

Abbott-Smith

χόρτος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for עֶשֶׂב, also for חָצִיר, etc. ;]
1. an enclosure, a feeding place (Hom.).
2. food, esp. for cattle, grass: Mt 13:26 14:19, Mk 4:28 6:39, Lk 12:28, Jo 6:10, I Co 3:12, Ja 1:10, 11, I Pe 1:24 (LXX), Re 9:4; χ. χλωρός, Mk 6:39, Re 8:7.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χόρτος, ὁ,

properly enclosed place (see. entry near the end), but always with collateral notion of a feeding-place: in [Refs 8th c.BC+], farmyard, in which the cattle were kept, αὐλῆς ἐν χόρτῳ [Refs]

__2 generally, any feeding-ground, pasturage, frequently in plural, χόρτοι λέοντος, of Nemea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χόρτος οὐρανοῦ the expanse of heaven, poetical cited in [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II fodder, provender, especially for horses and cattle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; grass, [NT+8th c.BC+]hay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἐβλάστησεν, ἐξηράνθη, [NT+5th c.BC+]; χόρτον ἔχει ἔπὶ τοῦ κέρατος as translation of the Latin proverb, foenum habet in cornu, of a dangerous ox, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.b green crop, [γῆ] ἐσπαρμένη χόρτῳ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 poetical, food generally, δούλιος χ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; compare χορτάζω. (Cf. Latin hortus, Welsh garth 'fold, enclosure', Irish gort 'crop', 'field'.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.3.12 ☩ Matt.13.26 ☩ 1Pet.1.24 ☩ Jas.1.10}