Word Study · Strong's H5215 · Hebrew

נִיר

nir

neer

Strong's 1890 spelling: nîyr

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

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

fallow ground, plowing, tillage.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

נִ֑יר2
נִ֣יר1

How it is rendered · 2

unplowed ground2
[the] unplowed ground of1

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

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine singular2
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsa · 2
HNcmsc · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Proverbs1 of 3 · 33%
Jeremiah1 of 3 · 33%
Hosea1 of 3 · 33%

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Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 13:23נִ֣ירnirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.here: [the] unplowed ground of

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 4:3נִ֑ירnirnoun · masculine singularFor 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: unplowed ground

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 10:12נִ֑ירnirnoun · masculine singularSow 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: unplowed ground

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled נִיר

H5214 · 2×

נִיר

nir

“to till the soil”

H5216 · 49×

נִיר

nir

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

Read Proverbs 13:23 in context →