Strong G1090γεωργέω
to farm
- Transliteration
- geōrgeō
- Pronunciation
- gheh-ore-gheh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1092; to till (the soil): - dress.
Detailed definition
γεωργέω, -ῶ
(γεωργός), [in LXX: 1Ch.27:26 (עָשָׂה מְלֶאכֶת הַשָּׂדֶה), I Est.4:6, 1Ma.14:8 *;]
to till the ground: pass., Heb.6:7.
(AS)
(γεωργός), [in LXX: 1Ch.27:26 (עָשָׂה מְלֶאכֶת הַשָּׂדֶה), I Est.4:6, 1Ma.14:8 *;]
to till the ground: pass., Heb.6:7.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1090 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dress1
First verses
- Hebrews 6:7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γεωργ-έω,
to be a husbandman, farmer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4c, etc.)]; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314: with _accusative_ _cognate_, γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ.)] of pastoral nomads, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1256a35:)] —middle, οἱ γεωργούμενοι [Refs (Aristeas 112.)]
II with accusative, till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (i.e. γῆν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 592)]; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.41)]:—passive, of land, [Refs (“IG” 9(1).61 (from Daulis))]; χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης [Refs (“SIG” 685.80 (from Crete))]; τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 896a10.)]
II.2 generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν [Refs (“Geoponica” 9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον)], produce it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 49.36, compare “IG” 22.1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου “Geoponica” 6.7.2.)]
II.3 metaphorically, work at a thing, practise or exploit it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82; φιλίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.776b; τέχνην 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 35.13)]; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.348.)]
II.4 of a river, fertilize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.11, “Ep.” 59, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.28.)]
to be a husbandman, farmer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4c, etc.)]; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314: with _accusative_ _cognate_, γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ.)] of pastoral nomads, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1256a35:)] —middle, οἱ γεωργούμενοι [Refs (Aristeas 112.)]
II with accusative, till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (i.e. γῆν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 592)]; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.41)]:—passive, of land, [Refs (“IG” 9(1).61 (from Daulis))]; χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης [Refs (“SIG” 685.80 (from Crete))]; τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 896a10.)]
II.2 generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν [Refs (“Geoponica” 9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον)], produce it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 49.36, compare “IG” 22.1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου “Geoponica” 6.7.2.)]
II.3 metaphorically, work at a thing, practise or exploit it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82; φιλίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.776b; τέχνην 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 35.13)]; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.348.)]
II.4 of a river, fertilize, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.11, “Ep.” 59, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.28.)]