KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Of ground, left untilled, unbroken, or unsown. 2. In “fallow deer,” a particular kind of animal.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 14:5
Complete exact-word concordance
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
The Hart, and the Roe bucke, and the fallow deere, and the wilde goat, and the Pygarg, and the wilde oxe, and the chamois.
1611 marginal noteOr, Bison. Heb. Dishon
¶ For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Iudah and Ierusalem, Breake vp your fallow ground, and sow not among thornes.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Sow to your selues in righteousnesse, reape in mercie: breake vp your fallow ground: for it is time to seeke the LORD, till he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you.
1611 marginal noteIer.4.4.
Source order
1 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Pale red or pale yellow; as a fallow deer. Unsowed; not tilled; left to rest after tillage; as fallow ground.
