Strong G68G68Hἀγρός
Field (of blood)
- 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 biblical story
Akeldama
Field purchased with Judas' betrayal money; burial place for strangers
Akeldama, also known as the Field of Blood or Potter's Field, was purchased with the money Judas received for betraying Jesus and used as a burial place for foreigners.
In the Bible
Strong G68H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- field2
First verses
- 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.
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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.)