ἀγρός
agrós · G68 · Greek · 36 occurrences
Place
- Fieldfirst named in Matthew 27:82 verses
Meanings
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field, land
Land under cultivation or used for pasture
ExamplesMatthew 6:28 “And why are you worried about clothing? Notice how the lilies of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin thread for cloth,
Matthew 6:30 “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
Matthew 13:24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
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countryside, fields, rural area
A rural area in contrast with a population center
ExamplesMark 5:14 Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.
Mark 15:21 And they compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross.
Mark 16:12 Now after that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country.
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farm settlement, hamlet
A relatively small village, possibly merely a cluster of farms
ExamplesMark 5:14 Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.
Mark 6:36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
Mark 6:56 And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or a countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and all who touched it were being healed.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
- κεραμεύςpotter 2
- αἷμαblood 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 2
- ἴδιοςone’s own 1
- σόςyour 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἑκατονταπλασίωνa hundred times 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπιστρέφωto turn, to return 3
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀγοράζωto buy 3
- ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 2
- ἀμφιέζωto dress 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- κόσμοςworld 1
- ἀγρόςfield, countryside 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- δύοtwo 1
- υἱόςson 1
- ἀγρόςfield, countryside 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
23 occurrences in 4 groups
- εἰςto 15
- ἐνin 13
- ἐκfrom 4
- ἀπόfrom 4
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ζιζάνιονdarnel grass 1
- κρίνονwild flower 1
- χόρτοςgrass 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- χώρα chṓra · G5561 · land, region, territory
- Both terms share overlapping rural and land-related semantics — countryside, fields, and rural areas. χώρα denotes a broader territory or region, while ἀγρός denotes a cultivated field or plot specifically; this is a difference of scope (a broader territorial term versus a narrower agricultural one) within a genuinely shared rural-land sense.
- χωρίον chōríon · G5564 · field, land
- χωρίον typically denotes a bounded plot or parcel of land (often in property or transaction contexts), while ἀγρός covers open cultivated fields, the countryside generally, and rural settlements. The terms overlap in referring to cultivated ground but differ in scope and typical usage contexts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שָׂדֶה sâdeh · H7704 · countryside, bush, uninhabited land
- Greek ἀγρός and Hebrew שָׂדֶה both denote cultivated or open land outside urban settlements, spanning agricultural fields, countryside, and farmland; ἀγρός is used systematically as the Septuagint's equivalent for this Hebrew term.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Countryside, fields, rural area1.87
- This noun denotes the rural countryside as opposed to the city, as in Mark 15:21's account of Simon of Cyrene, a passer-by coming from the country, being compelled to carry the cross.
- Farm settlement, hamlet1.93
- The noun also denotes a scattered rural settlement, as in Mark 6:56's description of Jesus entering villages, cities, or a countryside of such settlements, wherever the sick were laid in the marketplaces.
- Field, land1.95
- The noun also denotes a specific plot of ground under cultivation, as in Matthew 13:24's parable of a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (οῦ, ὁ (from ἄγω; properly, a drove or driving-place, then, pasturage; cf. Latinager,…
a. a field, the country: Mt 6:28; Mt 24:18; Lk 15:15; (Mk 11:8 T Tr WH), etc.
b. equivalent to χωρίον, a piece of land, bit of tillage: Acts 4:37; Mk 10:29; Mt 13:24, Mt 13:27, etc.
c. οἱ ἀγροί the farms, country-seats, neighboring hamlets: Mk 5:14 (opposed to πόλις); Mk 6:36; Lk 9:12. ((From Homer on.))
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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