נִיר nîyr

Meaning

properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land

In the King James Version: fallow ground, plowing, tillage.

Derivation: or נִר; from H5214 (נִיר);

Where it is used

• Proverbs 13:23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
• 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.