Easton's Bible Dictionary An opening in the ground made by the plough (Psalm 65:10; Hosea 10:4, 10). Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. 3. (n.) To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. 4. (n.) To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FURROW fur'-o (telem): The word is translated "furrows" in Job 39:10; Job 31:38 Psalm 65:10 Hosea 10:4; Hosea 12:11 (Psalm 65:10 the King James Version, "ridges"). In these passages the fields are pictured as they were in the springtime or late autumn. When the showers had softened the earth, the seed was sown and the soil turned over with the plow and left in furrows, not harrowed and pulverized as in our modern farming. The Syrian farmer today follows the custom of his ancient predecessors. Another word, ma`anah, occurs in two passages, first in the figurative sense in Psalm 129:3, and second in an obscure passage in 1 Samuel 14:14. Three other words, gedhudhah, `arughah, `ayin, translated "furrows" in the King James Version, are probably more properly rendered in the American Standard Revised Version "ridges" (Psalm 65:10), "beds" (Ezekiel 17:7, 10), and "transgressions" (Hosea 10:10). See AGRICULTURE; PLOW. James A. Patch

Multi-Version Concordance Furrow (3 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 14:14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV) Job 39:10 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 65:10 You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)