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Field

Agriculture & Daily Life • Both
A field was cultivated or pasture land, generally unenclosed and often contrasted with a vineyard, garden, wilderness, or walled settlement. Fields could also refer broadly to woodland, mountain land, or the open country.
Biblical Usage
Biblical fields appear as places of cultivation, pasture, habitation, and open country. The term is also contrasted with vineyards, gardens, walled towns, and wilderness.
Scripture References
Genesis 29:2 Genesis 31:4 Genesis 34:7 Genesis 37:7 Genesis 47:24 Psalms 132:6 Judges 9:32 Judges 9:36 2 Samuel 1:21 Genesis 33:19 Genesis 36:35 Deuteronomy 28:3 Deuteronomy 28:16 Leviticus 25:31 Mark 6:36 Mark 6:56 Genesis 4:8 Leviticus 14:7 Leviticus 14:53 Genesis 23:13 Genesis 23:17 Leviticus 27:16 Ruth 4:5 Nehemiah 12:29 Genesis 24:63 Genesis 22:25 Genesis 25:27 Job 24:2 Proverbs 22:28 Proverbs 23:10 Exodus 22:5 Exodus 22:6 2 Samuel 14:30