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HebrewH5215Noun (Masculine)

נִיר

nir

3Occurrences
H5215Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land

or נִר; from H5214 (נִיר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
tillable or untilled or fallow ground

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

נִיר appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hosea
1
Jeremiah
1
Proverbs
1

Key Passages

Hosea 10:12BSB

Sow for yourselves righteousnessand reap the fruit of loving devotion;break up your unplowed ground.For it is time to seek the LORDuntil He comes and sends righteousnessupon you like rain.

Jeremiah 4:3BSB

For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:“Break up your unplowed ground,and do not sow among the thorns.

Proverbs 13:23BSB

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,but without justice it is swept away.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.