H8525 תֶּלֶם (telem) teh'-lem

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

furrow

Strong's Definition

a bank or terrace

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to accumulate;

KJV Usage: furrow, ridge.

TWOT Reference: 2515a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) furrow

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תֶּ֫לֶם (te.lem) — furrow. furrow

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תֶּלֶם (H8525)

noun m

Land

furrow = long, narrow trench made in the soil by a plow

JOB 31:38 · JOB 39:10 · PSA 65:11 · HOS 10:4 · HOS 12:12

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תֶּ֫לֶם n.m. furrow base

Bible Occurrences (5)

31:38 39:10

65:10

10:4 12:11

Job 31:38

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Job 39:10

Can you hold [him] to the furrow with a harness?... Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 12:11

Is there iniquity [in] Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars [will be] heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.