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G1091 γεώργιον (geṓrgion)
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Quick Definition

γεώργιον, ου, τό n.n. a tilled field

Strong's Definition

neuter of a (presumed) derivative of 1092; cultivable, i.e. a farm

KJV Usage: husbandry

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου | γεωργέω

1.96 · Geographical Objects and Features · Pastures and Cultivated Lands

field cultivated land, normally restricted to tilled fields or orchards, in contrast with pasture land (in the NT γεώργιον is used only figuratively of people whom God cares for and nurtures)

1CO 3:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γεώργιον, -ov, τό, a (cultivated) field: 1 Co. iii. 9 LA. V. husbandry (with marg. tillage)]. (Prov. xxiv. 45 (30); xxxi. 16 (xxix. 34) ; Theag. in schol. Pind. Nem. 8, 21; Strabo 14, 5, 6 p. 671; [al.].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

γεώργιον geōrgion 1x

cultivated field or ground, a farm, 1 Cor. 3:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γεώργιον, -ου, τό

(< γεωργός), [in LXX, freq. in Pr., for שָׂדֶה, etc. ;]

a field (Pr 24:5, 30, Strabo).

cultivation, husbandry, tillage (Pr 6:7 9:12, Je 28:23, Si 27:6): I Co 3:9.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

γεώργιον. Tor y. = ‘cultivated fields,” see P Tebt I. 727° (a land survey—B.C. 114-3) Kal παραγενομένου αὐτοῦ els τὴν κώμην Kal ἐπελθόντος ἐπὶ τὰ γεώργια εὑρεθῆναι τὸν σπόρον κακοφνῆι ὄντα καὶ τὰ γενήματα ἀθέριστα. In P Par 636. (B.C. 165) τὴν ἐκτ[εἸνεττάτην [ποι]ήσασθαι πρόνοιαν ὅπως ἑκάστοις κατὰ δύναμιν μερ[ι]σθῇ τὰ γεώργια, Mahafly (PB Petr III. p. 23) translates, ‘‘you should take the most earnest precautions that the field labour be divided)to each in accordance with his capacity”: cf. P Lond 314!*f (A.D. 149) (= 11. p. 189) where in a proposal for a sub-lease the lessee undertakes all that is necessary for the proper cultivation of the land—émureéow τὰ γεωργικὰ ἔργα π[άντ]α ὅσα καθήκει, 20. 3547! (c. B.C. 10) (ΞΞ 11. p. 165) διὰ δὲ τοῦτο τῶν γεωργίων ἀφανιζομένων [... It should be noted that this last document is written in a very graceful literary hand, so that the word here figures in educated language. This Part II.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

γεώργιον (geōrgion) — farm field. γεώργ-ιον, τό, field, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; orchard, [NT+1st c.BC+]

II. husbandry, [LXX]

III. crop,[LXX]

IV. in plural, tax on land, uncertain in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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