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נִיר

nir · fallow ground

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5215 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

nir (נִיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fallow ground”.

Newly broken ground, land freshly plowed for sowing.

How to say it

nir

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Land not yet plowed.
  2. A light burning on oil; a picture of the life or fortune of a person or family.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • fallow ground ×3
  • lamp ×1

Where it appears

  • Proverbs 13:23

    Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is one who is swept away for lack of justice.

  • Proverbs 21:4

    Haughty eyes and a broad heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

  • Jeremiah 4:3

    For thus says YHWH to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up for yourselves fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.

  • Hosea 10:12

    Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap according to loyal love; break up for yourselves the fallow ground; for it is time to seek YHWH, until he comes and teaches righteousness to you.