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Mowing; Mown Grass
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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mō´ing , ( גּז , gēz , "a shearing," "cut grass"): In Psalm 72:6 the good king's rule is said to be "like rain upon the mown grass," to start the new growth (compare 2 Samuel 23:4; Hosea 6:3 ). "The king's mowings" Amos 7:1 were the portion of the spring herbage taken as tribute by the kings of Israel to feed their horses (compare 1 Samuel 8:15 ff; 1 Samuel 18:5 ). "After the king's mowings" would denote the time when everybody else might turn to reap their greenstuffs (G. A. Smith, Book of the Twelve Prophets , II, 109). The term "mower" (קחר , ḳācar , "to dock off," "shorten") in Psalm 129:7 the King James Version is rendered "reaper" in the Revised Version (British and American), and in James 5:4 the Revised Version (British and American) has "mow" for ἀμάω , amáō (the King James Version "reap"). See HARVEST; REAPING .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Mowing; Mown Grass'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/m/mowing-mown-grass.html. 1915.
