Strong H5215נִיר
fallow ground
- Transliteration
- nîyr nir
- Pronunciation
- {neer} neer
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H5214; properly {ploughing} that {is} (concretely) freshly ploughed land: - fallow {ground} {ploughing} tillage.
Detailed definition
tillable or untilled or fallow ground
In the Bible
Strong H5215 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ground2
- plowing1
- tillage1
First verses
- Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
- Proverbs 21:4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
- Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.