Field, Cornfield
Field, Cornfield
“a cultivated field,” or “fields in the aggregate,” e.g., Mat 6:28; Mar 11:8 (some mss. here have dendron, “trees”); Luk 15:15. See FARM.
“a space, place,” then, (b) “land, country, region,” is translated “fields” in Joh 4:35; Jam 5:4. See COUNTRY.
a diminutive of No. 2, denotes (a) “a place, region,” (b) “a piece of land, property,” rendered “field” in Act 1:18-19. See LAND, PARCEL, PLACE, POSSESSION.
signifies “fit for sowing” (from sperio, “to sow”), and denotes “a cornfield,” Mat 12:1; Mar 2:23; Luk 6:1. In the Sept., Gen 1:29; Lev 11:37.