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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TILLAGE

Strong's Hebrew

5215. niyr -- a lamp
... fallow ground, plowing, tillage Or nir {neer}; from niyr; properly, plowing, ie
(concretely) freshly plowed land -- fallow ground, plowing, tillage. ...
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5656. abodah -- labor, service
... 1), work (18), workers (1). act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labor,
ministering, office, service, tillage,. Or mabowdah {ab-o-daw ...
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Library

The Tillage of the Poor
... THE PROVERBS THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR. 'Much food is in the tillage of
the poor.'"Proverbs 13:23. Palestine was a land of small ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the tillage of the poor.htm

Relation of Faith and Unbelief to the Supernatural Powers of Jesus ...
... Now it seems to me that, as in the case of material things, tillage is not sufficient
in itself for the gathering in of the fruits, unless the air cooperates ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/19 relation of faith and.htm

The Testimony of Jesus Christ
... Mark 10:4). Georgia is tillage; georgion is the field where the tillage
is carried on. (1 Corinthians 3:9 only). Gymnasia denotes ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the testimony of jesus christ.htm

More and More
... Is it adequate to the labor expended? Is the tillage remunerative? ... Here and there
a withered ear is a poor recompense for the tillage of infinite love. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/more and more.htm

Demonstration x. --Of Pastors.
... And he [1031] who was for him as a shepherd, because he loved fields and merchandise
and vineyards and oliveyards and tillage, did not wish to become his ...
/.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/demonstration x of pastors.htm

Expositions of Holy Scripture
... THE MANY-SIDED CONTRAST OF WISDOM AND FOLLY. THE POOR RICH AND THE RICH POOR. THE
TILLAGE OF THE POOR. SIN THE MOCKER. HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY. ...
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A Revival Sermon
... Even where no tillage had been exercised upon it the land was so fruitful, that
the bees who sucked the sweetness from the wild flowers produced such masses of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/a revival sermon.htm

The Physical Theory Continued Further Reasons Advanced against the ...
... the controller of the months by its governance; the stars also, certain indications
as they are of those seasons which are to be observed in the tillage of our ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter v the physical theory continued.htm

A Rebuke against Extortion
... classes of the people. In the unsettled state of the country, tillage had
been to some extent neglected. Furthermore, because of ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 54 a rebuke against.htm

On the Sunday Called "Episozomenes," to those who had Come to ...
... For before the sin of Adam, when he enjoyed much freedom, a certain tillage of the
ground was enjoined upon him; not indeed a laborious or a troublesome one ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xix on the sunday.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

2. (n.) A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.

Thesaurus

Tillage (7 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TILLAGE. til'-aj. ...Tillage (7 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians
3:9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are. ...
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Field (390 Occurrences)
... but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Genesis
29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Genesis 37:7; 47:24). It ...
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Tilled (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 27:26 and over them that did the work of the field for tillage
of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub; (See NAS). ...
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Ezri (1 Occurrence)
... Help of Jehovah, the son of Chelub. He superintended, under David, those who "did
the work of the field for tillage" (1 Chronicles 27:26). Int. ...
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Agricultural (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage;
as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. ...
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Kelub (1 Occurrence)
... Kelub (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 27:26 Over those who did the work of the field
for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: (See NIV). ...
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Loftiness (10 Occurrences)
... the great King. (See NIV). Proverbs 21:4 Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of
heart, Tillage of the wicked 'is' sin. (YLT). Isaiah 2:11 ...
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Workman (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A man employed in labor, whether in tillage
or manufactures; a worker. 2. (n.) Hence, especially ...
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Farmer (17 Occurrences)
... a tenant. 3. (n.) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who
cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. 4. (n ...
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Tilling (4 Occurrences)
... Tilling (4 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles 27:26 and over them that did the work of the
field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub; (See RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Tillage (7 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 3:9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.
(YLT)

Genesis 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in which there shall neither be tillage nor harvest.
(WBS)

1 Chronicles 27:26 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Nehemiah 10:37 and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our wave offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 21:4 A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
(See JPS YLT)

Jeremiah 4:3 For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Tillage

Related Terms

Field (390 Occurrences)

Tilled (6 Occurrences)

Ezri (1 Occurrence)

Agricultural (1 Occurrence)

Kelub (1 Occurrence)

Loftiness (10 Occurrences)