Field, Cornfield

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1agrosG68

"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.

2choraG5561

"a space, place," then, (b) "land, country, region," is translated "fields" in Joh 4:35, Jam 5:4. See COUNTRY.

3chorionG5564

a diminutive of No. 2, denotes (a) "a place, region," (b) "a piece of land, property," rendered "field" in Act 1:1-19. See LAND, PARCEL, PLACE, POSSESSION.

4sporimosG4702

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.