Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5215 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נִיר נִר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5214 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | niyr |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | neer (or nir {neer}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land |
| KJV Renderings: | fallow ground, plowing, tillage. |
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II. נִיר noun [masculine] the tillable, untilled or fallow ground; — ׳ נ absolute as accusative of cognate meaning with verb נִירוּ לָכֶם נִ֑יר Hos 10:12; Jer 4:3 till you the untilled ground (figurative of unaccustomed moral action); construct only רָבאֹֿכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים Prov 13:23 abundant food (yields) the fallow ground of poor men (i.e. with ׳ י's blessing). — I. נִיר see נור . p. 632f
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
