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Tillage
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(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).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Tillage'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/tillage.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.