H5215 - נִיר (nîyr)

H5215 נִיר (nîyr) neer

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or nir {neer}; from 5214; properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land

KJV Usage: fallow ground, plowing, tillage

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נִיר (nir) — fallow ground. tillable or untilled or fallow ground

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

נִיר (H5215 · H5216b)

noun m · מְנֹורָה · נֵר

Lamps

lamp = small container ◄ made out of earthenware, ► filled with oil and with a wick placed in it; sometimes placed on a lampstand; used as a source of light; ≈ associated with peace, stability and well-being

1KI 11:36 · 1KI 15:4 · 2KI 8:19 · 2CH 21:7 · PRO 21:4

noun m

Land

fallow ground = unplowed soil; ► accessible to the poor to gather whatever food it produces; ≈ also associated with hardness and stubbornness

PRO 13:23 · JER 4:3 · HOS 10:12

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נִיר n.[m.] the tillable, untilled or fallow ground base