"a field, especially a cultivated field; pl. the country; lands, farms, villages"
Definition and meaning
a field, especially a cultivated field; pl. the country; lands, farms, villages
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀγρός
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of agros (G68) across the King James Bible.
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
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Common questions
Strong's G68 (agros) is a Greek word that means: a field, especially a cultivated field; pl. the country; lands, farms, villages It appears 34 times in the King James Bible.
The word agros (G68) appears 34 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G68 is agros, a Greek word defined as: a field, especially a cultivated field; pl. the country; lands, farms, villages. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
agros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.