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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Tillage

Tillage (prop. עִבִוֹדָה, abodah, 1Ch 27:26; Ne 10:37, work, i.e. "service" or "bondage," as elsewhere rendered; so occasionally עָבִד, to "till," "tilleth," "tiller," etc., lit. worker; but ניר, nir, Pr 13:23, means fallow ground, as elsewhere rendered). See AGRICULTURE.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.