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Furrow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A trench in the earth made by a plow.

2. A long narrow trench or channel in wood or metal; a groove.

3. A hollow made by wrinkles in the face.

Furrow [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To cut a furrow; to make furrows in; to plow.

2. To make long narrow channels or grooves in.

3. To cut; to make channels in; to plow; as, to furrow the deep.

4. To make hollows in by wrinkles. Sorrow furrows the brow.

Furrow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.

3. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.

4. To mark with channels or with wrinkles.

Furrowed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Furrow

Furrowfaced [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having a wrinkled or furrowed face.

Furrowing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Furrow

Furrowweed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A weed growing on plowed land.

Furrowy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Furrowed.

King James Bible KJV Bible

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11 KJV and 6 BSB verses contain “furrow”

Job 31:38

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Psalms 65:10

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

Psalms 129:3

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

Ezekiel 17:7

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.

Ezekiel 17:10

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

Hosea 10:4

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 10:10

It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.

Hosea 12:11

Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

Sirach 7:3

My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Sirach 38:26

He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.