Fallow ground
נִירStrong’s H5215nir
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nir is the Hebrew word usually translated “unplowed ground” and “unplowed ground of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.”
Meaning
- Tillable or untilled or fallow ground
How it's translated
- unplowed ground 2
- unplowed ground of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Hosea 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
נִיר nir · fallow ground
tillable or untilled or fallow ground
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.