Strong’s H4618 · Hebrew
מַעֲנָה
maʻănâh
mah-an-aw'
Definition
a furrow
Etymology
from H6031 (עָנָה), in the sense of depression or tilling;
Where the KJV renders it
- acre
- furrow
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