BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7392
ra.khav — to ride
1) to mount and ride, ride 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mount, mount and sit or ride 1a2) to ride, be riding 1a3) rider (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to ride, cause to (mount and) ride 1b2) to cause to draw (plough, etc) 1b3) to cause to ride upon (fig)
71 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2790
cha.rash — to plow/plot
1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in, engrave 1a2) to plough 1a3) to devise 1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed 1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
67 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H855
et — plowshare
ploughshare
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2758
cha.rish — plowing
ploughing, ploughing time
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G722
arotriaō — to plow
ἀροτριάω, -ῶ (ἄροτρον), [in LXX: Deu.22:10, al. (חָרַשׁ), Isa.7:25 (עֲדַר) ;] later form of ἀρόω, to plough (MM, see word): Luk.17:7, 1Co.9:10.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4618
ma.a.nah — furrow
ploughing ground, place for task
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5214
nir — to break
(Qal) to break up, freshly plough or till
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G723
arotron — plow
ἄροτρον, -ου, τό (ἀρόω, to plough), [in LXX chiefly for אֵת ;] a plough: Luk.9:62.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3010
ya.gev — field
field, ploughed field
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20142
arotriasmos — ploughing
ploughing
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20143
arotrioō — be ploughed
be ploughed
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6248
amaxa — a wagon
1. a wagon, wain , opposite to the war-chariot ( ἅρμα), Lat. plaustrum, (Homer) 2. with genitive a wagon-load of , πετρῶν, σίτου (Xenophon Historicus) 3. the carriage of the plough , Lat. currus, (Hesiod):—; Charles' wain in the heavens, the Great Bear ( ἄρκτος), (Homer) 4. = ἁμαξιτός, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6536
arotēr — a plowman
1. a plougher, husbandman , (Iliad by Homer); Σκύθαι ἀροτῆρες, opposite to νομάδες, (Herdotus Historicus):—;adjective, βοῦς ἀροτήρ a steer for ploughing , (Hesiod) 2. metaphorically a father , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6603
aulax — a furrow
1. a furrow made in ploughing, Lat. sulcus, (Homer), etc.; αὔλακ᾽ ἐλαύνειν to draw a furrow , (Hesiod) 2. metaphorically of a wife as the bearer of children , (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. metaphorically also, a furrow in the skin, a gash, wound , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. = ὄγμος, a swathe , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (Prob. from same Root as ὁλκός, Lat. sulcus, from ἕλκω.) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9419
temnō — to prune
1. to cut, hew , (Homer), etc.; ὀδόντας οἵους τέμνειν teeth fit for cutting , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to cut, wound, maim , (Iliad by Homer); πρὸς δέρην τ. to wound her in the neck, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. of a surgeon, to cut , (Iliad by Homer): absolute to use the knife , as opposite to cautery ( κάειν), (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—;Pass. to be operated upon , (Plato Philosophus) 4. to cut up, cut to pieces , (Homer), etc.:—; to slaughter, sacrifice , (Iliad by Homer) 5. ὅρκια τάμνειν to sacrifice in attestation of an oath, and so to take solemn oaths , (Homer); θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκι᾽ ἔταμνον I made a truce which was death to thee, (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid., of two parties, ὅρκια τάμνεσθαι (Herdotus Historicus):—;cf. Lat. foedus ferire. 6. φάρμακον τέμνειν to cut or chop up a plant for purposes of medicine or witchcraft, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; ἄκος τέμνειν to contrive a means or remedy, (Euripides) 7. to divide , of a river, μέσην τ. Λιβύην to cut it in twain, (Herdotus Historicus); δίχα τ. to cut in two, bisect , (Plato Philosophus) 8. to cut asunder, cut off, sever , κεφαλὴν ἀπὸ δειρῆς (Iliad by Homer), etc.; with double accusative, ἐρινεὸν τάμνε ὄρπηκας cut the branches off the fig-tree, (Iliad by Homer); and in Pass., τρίχας ἐτμήθην had them cut off , (Euripides) 9. to part off, mark off , τέμενος (Iliad by Homer) 10. to cut down, fell trees, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;Mid., δοῦρα τάμνεσθαι to fell oneself timber, (Odyssey by Homer) 11. λίθον τ. to hew stone, (Plato Philosophus): Mid., λίθους τάμνεσθαι to have them wrought or hewn , (Herdotus Historicus) 12. to cut down for purposes of destruction, (Euripides), etc.; τ. τὴν γῆν to ravage the country by felling the trees and cutting the corn , (Herdotus Historicus); with partitive genitive, τῆς γῆς τ. to waste part of it, (Thucydides) 13. to cut or hew into shape , δούρατα (Odyssey by Homer), etc. 14. to cut lengthwise, to plough , Solon. 15. τ. ὁδόν to cut or make a road, (Thucydides):—;Pass., τέτμηνται κέλευθοι (Pindar) 16. also to make one's way, advance , τ. ὁδόν (Euripides); τὴν μεσόγαιαν τ. τῆς ὁδοῦ to take the middle road, strike through the interior, (Herdotus Historicus); μέσον τέμνειν to hold a middle course, (Plato Philosophus) 17. of ships, to cut through the waves, plough the sea , (Odyssey by Homer):—;so of birds, to cleave the air, (Aristophanes Comicus) 18. to bring to a decision , Lat. decidere, (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1461
guv — to plough
1) to dig 1a) (Qal) diggers, plowman (participle)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4282
ma.cha.re.shet — share
plough share
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →First referred to in Gen. 45:6, where the Authorized Version has “earing,” but the Revised Version “ploughing;” next in Ex. 34:21 and Deut. 21:4. The plough was originally drawn by oxen, but sometimes also by asses and by men. (See AGRICULTURE.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
