noun · masculine
agros
Strong’sG68
a field, the country
stem agr-36 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
A field or piece of cultivated ground 1234, and, more broadly, the countryside as opposed to the town or city 1234. In the plural the word can also mean country places or farms, i.e. outlying hamlets scattered through the countryside 12. It can further be used loosely for a piece of land or property in general, without special reference to cultivation 12.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἀγρός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂדֶה];
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G68 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidag-ros'
a field (as a drive for cattle); genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. hamlet
Fromfrom G71;
King Jamescountry, farm, piece of ground, land.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
field, mostly in plural, fields, lands, Refs 8th c.BC+; singular, farm, Refs 8th c.BC+; also in plural, Refs 5th c.BC+:—tilled land, opposed to fallow, ἀγρὸς καὶ ἀργός, ἈθηνᾶRefs
2 country, opposed to town, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀγρῷ in the country, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ in the country, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρῶνRefs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷγιγνόμενα fruits, Refs 5th c.BC+ —proverbial, οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦπλέως, i.e. boorish, Refs 5th c.AD+—Rare in later Greek, NT. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Comedy texts, exceptRefs 5th c.BC+; ᾱγρόθεν in Refs 7th c.BC+ is paratragoedia] (Cf. Sanskrit ájras 'plain', probably from aj 'drive' (compare ἄγω), i.e. pasture.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | agros3×ἀγρός | agrois |
| object accusative | agron7×ἀγρὸν | agroin9×ἀγροὺς |
| direct address vocative | agror | agroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | agrou7×ἀγροῦ | agroiu1×ἀγρῶν |
| to, for dative | agro9×ἀγρῷ | agroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
agro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
36 occurrences, every one of them listed
agros“field”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 13:38tos de agros atō tos kosmos; tem de kalem …The field is the world, and the good …
Matthew 27:8“field”dio kalita tos agros ekeinos Agros Haimeu heōs tau sēmeron.That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Matthew 27:8dio kalita tos agros ekeinos Agros Haimeu heōs tau sēmeron.… why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
agron“field”objectaccusative singular7×
Matthew 13:44… panteim hoseim echatō kai agorazatō ton agron ekeinon.… all he had and bought that field.
Matthew 22:5“farm”… aperchala, hos men eis ton idion agron, hos de epi tan emporian autou;… attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
Matthew 27:7… de labarantois agorazala ek auteiu ton Agron tou Keramevou eis tafan toi xenoi.… the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
Matthew 27:10kai dōala auteim eis ton agron tou keramevou, katha suntassata mi kurios.… they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”
Mark 13:16kai tos eis ton agron mē epistrefatar eis teim opisō airara …And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Mark 16:12… fanerita en hetera morfa poreuorōntoi eis agron;… as they walked along in the country.
Luke 14:18… pantois paraitorō. tos prōtos legata auto; Agron agorazama kai echamō anankan exercharantos horara …… one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see …
agrou“field”of, belonging togenitive singular7×
Matthew 6:28… tinem merimnavō? katamathavar teim krineim tou agrou pōs auxanalō; ouk kopialō oude nēthalō;… Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or …
Matthew 6:30ei de ton chorton tou agrou sēmeron arōnton kai aurion eis klibanon …… God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow …
Matthew 13:36… ni tan parabolan teiu zizanieiu tou agrou.… parable of the weeds in the field.”
Mark 15:21… paragarōnton tinon Simōnon Kurēnaion erchorōnton apo agrou, ton patron Alexandrou kai Roufou, hina …… on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to …
Luke 17:7… ē poimanarōnton, hos eisercharanto ek tou agrou legati auto; Eutheōs parercharantos anapiptasar,… from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at …
Luke 23:26… epilaberantois Simōnon tinon Kurēnaion erchorōnton apo agrou epitithala auto ton stauron ferarō opisthen …… on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on …
Acts 4:37huparcharōntou auto agrou pōlarantos ferata tem chrēmem kai tithata …sold a field he owned, brought the money, and …
agro“field”to, fordative singular9×
Matthew 13:24… anthrōpo speraranto kalem spermem en to agro autou.… who sowed good seed in his field.
Matthew 13:27… kalem spermem sperasa en to so agro? pothen oun echatō zizanieim?… you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come …
Matthew 13:31… hon labarantos anthrōpos sperata en to agro autou;… man took and planted in his field.
Matthew 13:44… toiu ouranoiu thēsauro kruptorēnto en to agro, hon heuriskarantos anthrōpos kruptata, kai apo …… is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he …
Matthew 24:18kai tos en to agro mē epistrefatar opisō airara tem himatiem …And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Matthew 24:40tote duo eli en to agro, henos paralabotō kai henos afiēkotō;Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the …
Luke 12:28ei de en agro ton chorton arōnton sēmeron kai aurion …… God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow …
Luke 15:25… tos huios autou tos presbuteros en agro; kai hōs erchorōntos engizata ta oikia, …… the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house …
Luke 17:31… katabainatar airara auteim, kai tos en agro homoiōs mē epistrefatar eis teim opisō.… Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left …
agroin“fields”objectaccusative plural9×
Matthew 19:29… mētēran ē gunaikan ē tekneim ē agroin heneken teu onomeu mu, hekatontaplasiōneim labeti …… mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name …
Mark 5:14“country”… eis tan polan kai eis toin agroin; kai erchala horara tinem atō tem …… reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
Mark 6:36… autoin, hina apercharantois eis toin kuklō agroin kai kōmain agorazaleia heautoi tinem esthialeia.… they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something …
Mark 6:56“countryside”… kōmain ē eis polain ē eis agroin en tai agorai tithale toin asthenarōntoin, …… He went — villages and towns and countrysides — they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them …
Mark 10:29… mētēran ē patron ē tekneim ē agroin heneken mu kai heneken teu euangelieu,… mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the …
Mark 10:30… adelfain kai mētērain kai tekneim kai agroin meta diōgmoiu, kai en to aiōno …… sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions — and in the …
Luke 8:34“country”… eis tan polan kai eis toin agroin.… those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town …
Luke 9:12… poreuirantois eis tain kuklō kōmain kai agroin katalualeia kai heuriskaleia episitismon, hoti hōde …… go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we …
Luke 15:15… ekeinau, kai pempata auton eis toin agroin autou boskarō choiroin;… country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
agroiu“fields”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Mark 11:8… allosois de stibadain koptarantois ek toiu agroiu.… branches they had cut from the fields.