H5215: נִיר
nîyr · pronounced neer · “fallow ground”
Definition
properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
KJV translates it as: fallow ground, plowing, tillage.
Word origin: or נִר; from H5214 (נִיר);
Extended definition
tillable or untilled or fallow ground
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5215 is translated
- unplowed ground ×2
- the unplowed ground of ×1
Bible verses with H5215 (nîyr)
Nîyr appears in 3 verses.
- Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
- Jeremiah 4:3
For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- Hosea 10:12
Sow 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.