Bible Dictionary: Farm

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Matthew 22:5). Every Hebrew had a certain portion of land assigned to him as a possession (Numbers 26:33-56). In Egypt the lands all belonged to the king, and the husbandmen were obliged to give him a fifth part of the produce; so in Palestine Jehovah was the sole possessor of the soil, and the people held it by direct tenure from him. By the enactment of Moses, the Hebrews paid a tithe of the produce to Jehovah, which was assigned to the priesthood. Military service when required was also to be rendered by every Hebrew at his own expense. The occuptaion of a husbandman was held in high honour (1 Samuel 11:5-7; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Chronicles 26:10). (see LAND LAWS; TITHE.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a. & n.) The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

2. (a. & n.) The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.

3. (a. & n.) The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.

4. (a. & n.) Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

5. (a. & n.) A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.

6. (a. & n.) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.

7. (v. t.) To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

8. (v. t.) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.

9. (v. t.) To take at a certain rent or rate.

10. (v. t.) To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.

11. (v. i.) To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FARM

farm: Matthew 22:5 is the only passage where agros, has been rendered "farm." In the many other passages where the same word occurs it is rendered "field" or "piece of ground." Farms such as the Occidental is accustomed to see, namely, isolated dwellings with their groups of outbuildings, surrounded by walls or hedges and overlooking the planted fields, were probably unknown in Palestine. For protection against wild beasts and Arab marauders everyone lived in a village and went out to his fields, located perhaps miles away, only as occasion required.

James A. Patch

Greek

68. agros -- a field, the country
... word Definition a field, the country NASB Word Usage country (5), countryside (3),
farm (1), farms (3), field (21), fields (2), piece of land (1), tract of ...
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1886. epaulis -- a habitation
... a habitation. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epaulis Phonetic Spelling:
(ep'-ow-lis) Short Definition: a farm, estate, dwelling Definition: a ...
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1092. georgos -- a husbandman, vinedresser
... gheh-ore-gos') Short Definition: a worker of the soil, husbandman, vine-dresser
Definition: a worker of the soil, husbandman, farmer, farm-laborer, vine-dresser ...
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1091. georgion -- cultivation
... cultivated land, field. Neuter of a (presumed) derivative of georgos; cultivable,
ie A farm -- husbandry. see GREEK georgos. (georgion) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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2353. thremma -- cattle
... Word Origin from trepho Definition cattle NASB Word Usage cattle (1). cattle. From
trepho; stock (as raised on a farm) -- cattle. see GREEK trepho. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2506. cheleq -- portion, tract, territory
... Word Origin from chalaq Definition portion, tract, territory NASB Word Usage associate
(1), catch (1), divisions (2), equal portions (1), farm land (1 ...
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Library

The Sluggard's Farm
... The Sluggard's Farm. A sermon (No.2027) intended for reading on Lord's Day, June
3rd 1888, delivered by CH Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the sluggards farm.htm

A Man Drinks up a Farm.
... A Man Drinks up a Farm. A few years ago, I was going away to preach one
Sunday morning, when a young man drove up in front of us. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/a man drinks up a.htm

Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" ...
... Gets Lost. His Father Buys a Farm. The "Improvements." Plenty of Hard Work. ... Gets
Lost. His Father Buys a Farm. The "Improvements." Plenty of Hard Work. ...
/.../chapter i birth and ancestors.htm

God's Care Over Me
... the house. My parents had gone on a visit about twenty miles away, and two
of my younger brothers were somewhere about the farm. I ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xvi gods care over.htm

Of Removing Tithes.
... Horses kept on one farm for its cultivation, and used occasionally on another
farm in a different parish, shall not pay agistment tithe. ...
/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/8 of removing tithes.htm

Epistle xxxii. To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily.
... By information received from Romanus the guardian (defensore) I have learnt that
the monastery of handmaidens of God which is on the farm of Monotheus has ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxxii to peter subdeacon.htm

From John Yeardley's Conversion to the Commencement of his Public ...
... John Yeardley was born on the 3rd of the First Month, 1786, at a small farm-house
beside Orgreave Hall, in the valley of the Rother, four miles south of ...
/.../chapter i from john yeardleys.htm

The Church and Other Rural Agencies
... This list is as follows: National Grange, American Farm Bureau Federation, National
Board of Farm Organizations, Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union ...
/.../vogt/church cooperation in community life/chapter ix the church and.htm

Making Light of Christ
... REV. CH SPURGEON. At Exeter Hall, Strand. "But they made light of it, and went their
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise.""Matthew 22:5. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/making light of christ.htm

April the Twenty-Seventh Obscure Birthplaces
... There was a little farm at St. ... And out from the little farm strode Oliver
Cromwell, the ordained of God, to emancipate his country. ...
/.../april the twenty-seventh obscure birthplaces.htm

Thesaurus

Farm (9 Occurrences)
... revenues of government. 6. (a. & n.) A lease of the imposts on particular
goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm. 7. (vt) To lease ...
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Let (16815 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to
hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out ...
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Farmer (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who farms. 2. (n.) One who hires and
cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. ...
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Stock (16 Occurrences)
... 17. (n.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as,
a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock. 18. ...
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Elisha (70 Occurrences)
... His moral and religious nature was highly developed in such surroundings, and from
his work on his father's farm he was called to his training as a prophet and ...
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Negotiate (1 Occurrence)
... To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain
or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm...
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Old (3966 Occurrences)
... vice. 7. (superl.) Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed
to new land, that is, to land lately cleared. 8. (superl ...
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Overrun (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession
of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. ...
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Lease (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements,
and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant ...
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Landmark (5 Occurrences)
... to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree,
a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town ...
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Bible Concordance

Farm (9 Occurrences)

Matthew 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV)

Luke 15:15 So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
(WEY)

Luke 15:25 "Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing.
(WEY)

Luke 17:7 But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'
(WEY)

Acts 4:37 sold a farm which he had, and brought the money and gave it to the Apostles.
(WEY)

2 Samuel 9:10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 48:19 It will be farmed by workers of the town from all the tribes of Israel.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Amos 7:4 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Farm

Related Terms

Let (16815 Occurrences)

Farmer (17 Occurrences)

Stock (16 Occurrences)

Elisha (70 Occurrences)

Negotiate (1 Occurrence)

Old (3966 Occurrences)

Overrun (4 Occurrences)

Lease (2 Occurrences)

Landmark (5 Occurrences)