H8525 - תֶּלֶם (telem)

H8525 תֶּלֶם (telem) teh'-lem

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

furrow

Strong's Definition

a bank or terrace

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to accumulate;

KJV Usage: furrow, ridge.

TWOT Reference: 2515a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) furrow

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

furrow

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תֶּלֶם telem BDB Definition: 1) furrow Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to accumulate Same Word by TWOT Number: 2515a Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

31:38 39:10

65:10

10:4 12:11

Job 31:38

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Job 39:10

Can you hold [him] to the furrow with a harness?... Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 12:11

Is there iniquity [in] Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars [will be] heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.