Quick Definition
ἄροτρον, ου, τό n.n. a plow
Strong's Definition
from aroo (to till); a plow
KJV Usage: plough
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | ἀροτριάω
6.4 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Agriculture and Husbandry
plow a flat triangular blade (the “plowshare”) made of hard wood or metal, connected to a handle; used to cut the soil in preparation for the sowing of seed or the planting of seedlings In most parts of the world at least some type of plow is known, and in ancient Palestine the plow was not a turning plow, but one which simply dug a relatively shallow furrow, but in doing so, loosened the soil. Where plows are not known or used, it is possible to employ a descriptive phrase such as ‘a tool for preparing the ground for sowing.’ For ἄροτρον as part of a Semitic idiom in LUK 9:62, see 68.6.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄροτρον, -ov, τό, (ἀρόω to plough), a plough: Lk. ix. 62. Cn Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄροτρον arotron 1x
a plow, Lk. 9:62*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἄροτρον, -ου, τό
(< ἀρόω, to plough), [in LXX chiefly for אֵת;]
a plough: Lk 9:62.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄροτρον occurs in P Rein 1739 (B.c. 109) ἄροτρον ἃ ζυγὸν ἃ (or ἄροτρον ἄζυγον a), P Flor II. 134! (A.D. 260) τὸ ταυρικὸν ἅμα τῷ ἀρότρῳ, P Strass I. 32° (a business letter, A.D. 261) Mécéipov . . . ἀπέστειλα πρὸς σέ, ἵνα αὐτῷ ἄροτρον γένηται. ᾿Αροτήρ (contracted dp’) is found in P Lond 2572 (a.p. 94) (=II. p. 26): cf OGZS 5197! (iii/A.D.) τοὺς ἀροτῆρας βόας, where Dittenberger refers to Hesiod Of. 405 βοῦν ἀροτῆρα. MGr ἀλέτρι starts from ἀρέτριον, as Prof. humb notes.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄροτρον (arotron) — plow. ἄροτρον [ᾰ], τό, (ἀρόω) plough, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b ἡ ἀπ᾽ ἀρότρου πληγή, in boxing, right-handed blow, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. in plural, metaphorically of the organs of generation, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. ἄροτρα· γῆ, χώρα, πλέθρα, [Refs 5th c.AD+]