Bible Dictionary: Tilling

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Till.

Strong's Hebrew

4618. maanah -- a field for plowing
... furrow. From anah, in the sense of depression or tilling; a furrow -- + acre, furrow.
see HEBREW anah. 4617, 4618. maanah. 4619 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Work
... This is Solomon's lesson: and be sure it holds good, not only of tilling the ground,
but of all other labours, all other duties, to which God may call us. ...
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Providence
... Isaiah, too, tells us that the common work of the farm, tilling the ground, sowing,
and reaping, were taught to men by God; and says of the ploughman, that ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiii providence.htm

The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs
... Everything that concerns man, whether it be the tilling of the soil, the choice
of a wife, the conduct of a lawsuit, or the proper deportment in the presence ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/x the hebrew sages and.htm

The Sluggard's Reproof
... When he reached the place he saw all the monks at work tilling the ground, ploughing
or trimming the vines round the monastery, so he very solemnly observed as ...
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The Pilgrim Fathers
... earn their bread. Middle-aged men, who had spent their lives in tilling the
soil, had now to learn mechanical trades. But they cheerfully ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 16 the pilgrim fathers.htm

The Pilgrim Fathers.
... earn their bread. Middle-aged men, who had spent their lives in tilling the
soil, had now to learn mechanical trades. But they cheerfully ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /16 the pilgrim fathers.htm

Man is Placed in Paradise.
... and had no need that man should till it; but the earth produced all things
spontaneously by the command of God, that man might not be wearied by tilling it. ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xix man is placed in.htm

The Sower
... process was within sight of the shore on which they were gathered; but in any case,
a process was visible, if they would but see, of which the tilling of the ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 3-9 14-20 the sower.htm

The Soil and the Seed
... Now the tilling of the soil of life is what in all its different forms we call culture,
and the expansion of God's germinating influence is what we call ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/lxxix the soil and the.htm

Psalm LXVII.
... That is the rain, this the fruit. Therefore there is rendered as it were
fruit to God the Husbandman, raining upon and tilling us. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxvii.htm

Thesaurus

Tilling (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Tilling (4 Occurrences). ... Psalms 141:7 As one tilling and
ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. ...
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Pursuits (4 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV). Proverbs 12:11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied 'with' bread,
And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart, (See RSV). ...
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Agriculture
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Tilling the ground (Genesis 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and
rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. ...
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Pursuing (50 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Proverbs 12:11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied 'with' bread,
And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart, (YLT). ...
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Vanities (14 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Proverbs 12:11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied 'with' bread,
And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart, (YLT). ...
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Lacks (27 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV). Proverbs 12:11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied 'with' bread,
And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart, (See NAS NIV). ...
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Farm (9 Occurrences)
... a farm. 11. (vi) To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor
as a farmer. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FARM. farm ...
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Fallow (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer
fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying ...
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Tilleth (2 Occurrences)

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Tillage (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and
keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops. ...
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Bible Concordance

Tilling (4 Occurrences)

1 Chronicles 27:26 and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub;
(See RSV)

Psalms 141:7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
(YLT)

Proverbs 12:11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied 'with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied 'with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled 'with' poverty.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Tilling

Related Terms

Pursuits (4 Occurrences)

Agriculture

Pursuing (50 Occurrences)