Strong’s G68 · Greek

ἀγρός
agrós

Definition

a field (as a drive for cattle); genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. hamlet

Etymology

from G71 (ἄγω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • country
  • farm
  • piece of ground
  • land

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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