Strong's Hebrew · H5214

H5214 nîyr

נִיר

neer

to break

Looking for Greek G5214 hymnéō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5214. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

nîyr appears twice in Scripture, in Jeremiah 4:3 and Hosea 10:12. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to till the soil

In the King James Version

break up.

Derivation

a root probably identical with that of H5216 (נִיר), through the idea of the gleam of a fresh furrow;

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Jeremiah 4:3

“For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.”

Hosea 10:12

“Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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