Bible Dictionary
Acre
An acre translates a Hebrew term meaning a yoke, referring to the amount of land that a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. It is approximately an acre in modern measure.
Definition
An acre is the translation of the Hebrew tsemed, meaning a yoke. It denotes the amount of ground that a yoke of oxen could plow in one day and corresponds approximately to an acre in modern measurement.
Biblical Usage
The measure occurs in descriptions of agricultural land in Isaiah 5:10 and 1 Samuel 14:14.
Historical Background
The term reflects an agricultural way of measuring land by the work a team of oxen could perform in a day.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Is the translation of a word (tse’med), which properly means a yoke, and denotes a space of ground that may be ploughed by a yoke of oxen in a day. It is about an acre of our measure (Isa. 5:10; 1 Sam. 14:14).