Strong G68ἀγρός
Field of
- Transliteration
- agros
- Pronunciation
- ag-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G71; a field (as a drive for cattle); generally the country; specifically a farm that is hamlet: - country farm piece of ground land.
Detailed definition
ἀγρός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂדֶה ];
1. a field: Mat.6:28, al.
2. the country: Mrk.15:21, al.; pl., country places, farms: Mrk.5:14 6:36 56, Luk.8:34 9:12.
3. = χωρίον a piece of ground: Mrk.10:29, Act.4:27, al. (On the occurrence of this word as compared with χώρα, χωρίον see MM, VGT, see word)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂדֶה ];
1. a field: Mat.6:28, al.
2. the country: Mrk.15:21, al.; pl., country places, farms: Mrk.5:14 6:36 56, Luk.8:34 9:12.
3. = χωρίον a piece of ground: Mrk.10:29, Act.4:27, al. (On the occurrence of this word as compared with χώρα, χωρίον see MM, VGT, see word)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G68 appears in 34 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- field20
- country8
- land4
- farm1
- ground1
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 13:24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matthew 13:27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- Matthew 13:31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
- Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
- Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- Matthew 19:29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
- Matthew 22:5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
- Matthew 24:18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
- Matthew 24:40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Matthew 27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
- Matthew 27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
- Matthew 27:10And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
- Mark 5:14And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
- Mark 6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
- Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
- Mark 10:29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
- Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγρός, οῦ, ὁ,
field, mostly in plural, fields, lands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.832, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.757, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.149, etc.; opposed to κῆποι, Theopomp. Hist. 89)]; singular, farm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.205)]; also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.1)]:—tilled land, opposed to fallow, ἀγρὸς καὶ ἀργός, Ἀθηνᾶ[Refs (20.167 (from Erythrae).)]
2 country, opposed to town, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.182, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 884, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 169)]; ἀγρῷ in the country, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.188)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ in the country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.190, 22.47; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος 1.185; in _plural_, κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ᾽ ἀγρούς 17.18; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ 'ν ἀγροῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 112)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1049; ἀγροῖσι [prev. author] “El.” 313; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν [prev. author] “OT” 1051; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 14; κατ᾽ ἀγρούς 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 318, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 881c; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 387.2)]; τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷγιγνόμενα fruits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4, compare “An.” 5.3.9:)] —proverbial, οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦπλέως, i.e. boorish, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]—Rare in later Greek, [NT (NT.Mark.15.21, “PAmh.” 2.134.5, “POxy.” 967)]. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Comedy texts, except[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 579, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 116)]; ᾱγρόθεν in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 19)] is paratragoedia] (Cf. Sanskrit ájras 'plain', probably from aj 'drive' (compare ἄγω), i.e. pasture.)
field, mostly in plural, fields, lands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.832, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.757, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.149, etc.; opposed to κῆποι, Theopomp. Hist. 89)]; singular, farm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.205)]; also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.1)]:—tilled land, opposed to fallow, ἀγρὸς καὶ ἀργός, Ἀθηνᾶ[Refs (20.167 (from Erythrae).)]
2 country, opposed to town, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.182, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 884, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 169)]; ἀγρῷ in the country, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.188)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ in the country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.190, 22.47; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος 1.185; in _plural_, κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ᾽ ἀγρούς 17.18; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ 'ν ἀγροῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 112)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1049; ἀγροῖσι [prev. author] “El.” 313; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν [prev. author] “OT” 1051; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 14; κατ᾽ ἀγρούς 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 318, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 881c; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 387.2)]; τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷγιγνόμενα fruits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4, compare “An.” 5.3.9:)] —proverbial, οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦπλέως, i.e. boorish, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]—Rare in later Greek, [NT (NT.Mark.15.21, “PAmh.” 2.134.5, “POxy.” 967)]. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Comedy texts, except[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 579, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 116)]; ᾱγρόθεν in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 19)] is paratragoedia] (Cf. Sanskrit ájras 'plain', probably from aj 'drive' (compare ἄγω), i.e. pasture.)