Difference between revisions of "Ploughman"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_158415" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_158415" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56094" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56094" /> == | ||
<p> (אַכָּר , | <p> ( '''''אַכָּר''''' '', Ikkdr,'' Isaiah 61:5, which signifies not only a ploughman, but a [[Husbandman]] in general). Among the Hebrews, the rich and the noble, it is true, in the cultivation of the soil did not always put themselves on a level with their servants; but none, however rich or noble or prophetically favored, disdained to put their hand to the plough, or otherwise to join occasionally in the labors of agriculture ( 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Kings 19:19; comp. 2 Chronicles 26:10). (See [[Agriculture]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
(2): ( n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( אַכָּר , Ikkdr, Isaiah 61:5, which signifies not only a ploughman, but a Husbandman in general). Among the Hebrews, the rich and the noble, it is true, in the cultivation of the soil did not always put themselves on a level with their servants; but none, however rich or noble or prophetically favored, disdained to put their hand to the plough, or otherwise to join occasionally in the labors of agriculture ( 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Kings 19:19; comp. 2 Chronicles 26:10). (See Agriculture).
