Strong’s H5215 · Hebrew
נִיר
nîyr · neer
Origin or נִר; from נִיר (H5214);
Meaning properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
In the King James Version fallow ground, plowing, tillage.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
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.