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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sow

[SWINE]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To sew. See Sew.

2. (n.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

3. (n.) A sow bug.

4. (n.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.

5. (n.) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.

6. (n.) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

7. (n.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.

8. (v. t.) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.

9. (v. t.) To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

10. (v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SOW

sou.

See SWINE.

Greek

4687. speiro -- to sow (seed)
... to sow (seed). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: speiro Phonetic Spelling:
(spi'-ro) Short Definition: I sow, spread, scatter Definition: I sow, spread ...
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1289. diaspeiro -- to sow throughout, ie fig. disperse (in foreign ...
... 1288, 1289. diaspeiro. 1290 . to sow throughout, ie fig. ... Word Origin
from dia and speiro Definition to sow throughout, ie fig. ...
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1986b. epispeiro -- to sow upon or besides
... 1986a, 1986b. epispeiro. 1987 . to sow upon or besides. Transliteration:
epispeiro Short Definition: sowed. Word Origin from epi ...
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5300. hus -- a hog
... a hog. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hus Phonetic Spelling: (hoos)
Short Definition: a hog, boar, or sow Definition: a hog, boar, or sow. ... sow. ...
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4572. seautou -- of (to, for) yourself
... from se and autos, also dative case of the same, seautoi seh-ow-to', and accusative
case seauton seh-ow-ton', likewise contracted sautou (sow-too'), sautoi (sow ...
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2343. thesaurizo -- to lay up, store up
... to lay up, store up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thesaurizo Phonetic Spelling:
(thay-sow-rid'-zo) Short Definition: I store up, treasure up, save ...
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5519. choiros -- a swine
... a swine. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: choiros Phonetic Spelling:
(khoy'-ros) Short Definition: swine Definition: a swine, hog, sow. ...
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4569. Saulos -- Saul, the Jewish name of the apostle Paul
... Saul, the Jewish name of the apostle Paul. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Saulos Phonetic Spelling: (sow'-los) Short Definition: Saul, the ...
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597. apothesaurizo -- to treasure up, store away
... to treasure up, store away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apothesaurizo
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-oth-ay-sow-rid'-zo) Short Definition: I store up ...
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5615. hosautos -- in like manner
... in like manner. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: hosautos Phonetic Spelling:
(ho-sow'-toce) Short Definition: likewise Definition: in like manner ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2232. zara -- to sow, scatter seed
... 2231, 2232. zara. 2233 . to sow, scatter seed. Transliteration: zara Phonetic
Spelling: (zaw-rah') Short Definition: sow. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4900. mashak -- to draw, drag
... A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to
sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be ...
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7971. shalach -- to send
... leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach
forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch ...
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3157. Yizreel -- "God sows," two Israelites, also two cities in ...
... Jezreel. From zara' and 'el; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine
and of two Israelites -- Jezreel. see HEBREW zara'. see HEBREW 'el. ...
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2233. zera -- a sowing, seed, offspring
... 38), offspring's offspring (1), origin (1), posterity (1), race (1), seed (48),
seedtime (1), seminal (4), seminal* (1), son* (1), time (1), what you sow (1). ...
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6327a. puts -- to be dispersed or scattered
... yourselves (1), dispersed (2), dispersed* (1), disperses (1), harry (1), pour (1),
scatter (16), scattered (33), scattering (2), scatters (1), sow (1), spread ...
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7863. si -- loftiness
... excellency. From the same as sow' by permutation; elevation -- excellency. see
HEBREW sow'. 7862, 7863. si. 7864 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

CHM Barton. Blessed are Ye that Sow Beside all Waters.
... 297. CHM Barton. Blessed Are Ye That Sow Beside All Waters. ... with the morn Cast thou
abroad thy grain! At noontide faint not thou forlorn, At evening sow again! ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/297 c h m barton.htm

CM Jones Very. As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap.
... VII. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 300. CM Jones Very. As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap.
1 The bud will soon become a flower, The flower become ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/300 c m jones very.htm

A Man Expects to Reap the Same Kind as He Sows.
... It is a fixed law that you reap the same kind of seed you sow. ... "Did I not tell
you to sow barley here? Why, then, have you sown oats?". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter iv a man expects.htm

A Man Reaps More than He Sows.
... If I sow a bushel, I expect to reap ten or twenty bushels. I can sow in one day
what will take ten men to reap. ... Sow an act, and reap a habit. ...
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Psalm CXXVI.
... 8. For the next words are, "They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy" (ver.5).
In this life, which is full of tears, let us sow. What shall we sow? ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxvi.htm

Sowing Beside all Waters.
... IX. SOWING BESIDE ALL WATERS. "Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters.""Isaiah
32:20. These words form part of a great prophetic vision. ...
/.../percival/sermons at rugby/ix sowing beside all waters.htm

An Exhortation to the People Respecting Fortitude and Patience...
... Since therefore the winter, a winter not of the elements, but of souls, has now
set in, let us too sow in this winter that we may reap in the summer; let us ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily iv an exhortation to.htm

God's Curse on Sin.
... their shadow; and to bear in mind that the root of the whole matter is the one
incontrovertible and never-changing fact of human life that as you sow you must ...
//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/xiv gods curse on sin.htm

Responsibilities of the Christian Home.
... the new-born mind! Warn them to wake at early dawn, and sow Good seed before
the world has sown its tares.". From the potent influence ...
/.../philips/the christian home/chapter vii responsibilities of the.htm

Spiritual Farming --No. 4 Sowing.
... of good. Let those of us who work for the great harvest, be. MINDFUL OF WHAT
WE SOW. Let us ... for evermore. Sow BIBLE IDEAS:". "Put the ...
/.../champness/broken bread/xi spiritual farmingno 4 sowing.htm

Thesaurus

Sow (61 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind. 3. (n.) A sow bug. ... 8. (vt) To scatter,
as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. ...
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Reap (35 Occurrences)
... Reap (35 Occurrences). Matthew 6:26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. ...
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Sowing (28 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sow. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
SOWER; SOWING. ... Mark 4:14 He who is sowing doth sow the word; (YLT). ...
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Crops (48 Occurrences)
... Yahweh blessed him. (See NIV). Exodus 23:10 "For six years you shall sow your
land, and shall gather in its increase, (See NIV). Exodus ...
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Crop (33 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 25:3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall
prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits; (See NAS NIV). ...
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Vineyards (55 Occurrences)
... Vineyards (55 Occurrences). Leviticus 25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and
six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof. ...
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Whence (84 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Matthew 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and
said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? ...
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Fowls (61 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. ...
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Farmer (17 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer
went out to sow. (WEB NIV). ... Behold, the farmer went out to sow, (WEB NIV). ...
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Reaping (10 Occurrences)
... by the sowing and the reaping of harvests (Job 4:8 Proverbs 22:8 Hosea 8:7; Hosea
10:12, 13 2 Corinthians 9:6 Galatians 6:7, 8). "They that sow in tears shall ...
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Resources

Is “you reap what you sow” biblical? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about karma? | GotQuestions.org

Sow: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Sow (61 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:3
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:27
The servants of the householder came and said to him,'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:31
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 25:24
"He also who had received the one talent came and said,'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:26
"But his lord answered him,'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:3
"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:14
The farmer sows the word.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:5
"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:21
for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:22
"He said to him,'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:11
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:36
You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:37
That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 6:7
Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 3:18
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Peter 2:22
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 47:23
Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 23:10
"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 23:16
And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:7
and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up -- unclean it 'is' to you.
(YLT)

Leviticus 19:19
"'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 25:3
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 25:4
but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 25:11
That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 25:20
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 25:22
You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 26:16
I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 14:8
and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not 'bringing' up the cud, unclean it 'is' to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 14:22
You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 22:9
You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 19:29
"'This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 4:8
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 31:8
then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 107:37
sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 126:5
Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 126:6
He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
(Root in WEB ASV RSV NIV)

Proverbs 11:22
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 17:11
In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 28:24
Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 28:25
When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 30:23
He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 37:30
This shall be the sign to you. You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 65:4
Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things -- their vessels.
(YLT)

Isaiah 66:3
Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.
(YLT)

Isaiah 66:17
Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 31:27
Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 35:7
neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 2:23
I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people,'You are my people;' and they will say,'My God!'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 6:15
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Zechariah 10:9
I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Sow

Related Terms

Reap (35 Occurrences)

Sowing (28 Occurrences)

Crops (48 Occurrences)

Crop (33 Occurrences)

Vineyards (55 Occurrences)

Whence (84 Occurrences)

Fowls (61 Occurrences)

Farmer (17 Occurrences)

Reaping (10 Occurrences)