Word Study · Strong's H5214 · Hebrew

נִיר

nir

neer

Strong's 1890 spelling: nîyr

“to till the soil”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to till the soil

Rendered in the KJV as

break up.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

נִ֥ירוּ2

How it is rendered · 1

plow2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqv2mp · 2

All 2, in canonical order

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Where this word lives

Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%
Hosea1 of 2 · 50%

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Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 4:3נִ֥ירוּniruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.here: plow

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 10:12נִ֥ירוּniruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.here: plow

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled נִיר

H5216 · 49×

נִיר

nir

“a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)”

H5215 · 3×

נִיר

nir

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

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