Is the translation of a word (tse’med), which properly means a yoke, and denotes a space of ground that may be ploughed by a yoke of oxen in a day. It is about an acre of our measure (Isa. 5:10; 1 Sam. 14:14).
BIBLE DICTIONARY
Acre
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.