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יָגַב

ya.gav

to till

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Strong’s H3009Verb2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

ploughmen2

In the text

2 Kings 25:12וּלְיֹגְבִים
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
Jeremiah 52:16וּלְיֹגְבִים
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָגַב] vb. till, be husbandman

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.