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Earing

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Earing, Earing-time. Genesis 45:6; Exodus 34:21. R. V., "plowing." Earing is an old English word for plowing. The same word is used. Psalms 129:3, and is translated plowed. What we call arable land is sometimes called "earable" land; R. V., "plowed." Deuteronomy 21:4; 1 Samuel 8:12; and Isaiah 30:24, where the R. V. reads "till."

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Earing'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​e/earing.html. 1893.
 
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