Nîyr — H5215

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. tillable or untilled or fallow ground

Usually translated as

fallow ground, plowing, tillage

Origin

or nir; from H5214

• Derived from Nîyr (H5214)

Occurrences

Nîyr occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (2), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)

• Proverbs 13:23 — Much food is in the tillage (נִ֣יר) of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
• Proverbs 21:4 — An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
• Jeremiah 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground (נִ֑יר), and sow not among thorns.
• Hosea 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground (נִ֑יר): for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.