Strong’s H5214 · Hebrew
נִיר
nîyr · neer
Origin a root probably identical with that of נִיר (H5216), through the idea of the gleam of a fresh furrow;
Meaning to till the soil
In the King James Version break up.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.