Field, Cornfield - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Field, Cornfield

[ 1,,G68, agros ]
a cultivated field," or "fields in the aggregate," e.g., Matthew 6:28; Mark 11:8 (some mss. here have dendron, "trees"); Luke 15:15. See FARM.

[ 2,,G5561, chora ]
"a space, place," then,
(b) "land, country, region," is translated "fields" in John 4:35; James 5:4. See COUNTRY.

[ 3,,G5564, chorion ]
a diminutive of No. 2, denotes
(a) "a place, region,"
(b) "a piece of land, property," rendered "field" in Acts 1:18-Acts 1:19. See LAND, PARCEL, PLACE, POSSESSION.

[ 4,,G4702, sporimos ]
signifies "fit for sowing" (from sperio, "to sow"), and denotes "a cornfield," Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1. In the Sept., Genesis 1:29; Leviticus 11:37.

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