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Tillage <ref name=" | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63759" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' | <p> TILL'AGE, n. The operation, practice or art of preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground free from weeds which might impede the growth of crops. [[Tillage]] includes manuring, plowing, harrowing and rolling land, or whatever is done to bring it to a proper state to receive the seed, and the operations of plowing, harrowing and hoeing the ground, to destroy weeds and loosen the soil after it is planted culture a principal branch of agriculture. Tillage of the earth is the principal as it was the first occupation of man, and no employment is more honorable. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_185715" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63276" /> == | |||
<p> (prop. '''''עִבִוֹדָה''''' , ''Abodah,'' 1 Chronicles 27:26; Nehemiah 10:37, ''Work,'' i.e. "service" or "bondage," as elsewhere rendered; so occasionally '''''עָבִד''''' , to "till," "tilleth," "tiller," etc., lit. worker; but '''''ניר''''' , ''Nir,'' Proverbs 13:23, means ''Fallow Ground,'' as elsewhere rendered). (See [[Agriculture]]). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_63759"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/tillage Tillage from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_185715"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/tillage Tillage from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63276"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/tillage Tillage from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 15 October 2021
King James Dictionary [1]
TILL'AGE, n. The operation, practice or art of preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground free from weeds which might impede the growth of crops. Tillage includes manuring, plowing, harrowing and rolling land, or whatever is done to bring it to a proper state to receive the seed, and the operations of plowing, harrowing and hoeing the ground, to destroy weeds and loosen the soil after it is planted culture a principal branch of agriculture. Tillage of the earth is the principal as it was the first occupation of man, and no employment is more honorable.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
(2): ( n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(prop. עִבִוֹדָה , Abodah, 1 Chronicles 27:26; Nehemiah 10:37, Work, i.e. "service" or "bondage," as elsewhere rendered; so occasionally עָבִד , to "till," "tilleth," "tiller," etc., lit. worker; but ניר , Nir, Proverbs 13:23, means Fallow Ground, as elsewhere rendered). (See Agriculture).
