Topic
Mowing
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Amos 7:1Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
- Psalms 72:6Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- 1 Kings 18:5Easton
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- Psalms 90:6Nave General scriptures concerning
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
- Psalms 129:7Nave General scriptures concerning
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
(Heb. gez), rendered in Ps. 72:6 “mown grass.” The expression “king’s mowings” (Amos 7:1) refers to some royal right of early pasturage, the first crop of grass for the cavalry (comp. 1 Kings 18:5).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.