{
  "id": "plough",
  "name": "Plough",
  "aliases": [],
  "originalTerms": [],
  "shortDefinition": "Tool used to break up soil for sowing.",
  "biblicalUse": "Plough is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.",
  "symbolicUse": "",
  "usageTypes": [],
  "relatedItems": [
    "yoke",
    "ox",
    "goad"
  ],
  "verses": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 13:20",
      "book": "1 Samuel",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 20,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/1-samuel/13/#1-samuel-13-20",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "agricultural",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 19:19",
      "book": "1 Kings",
      "chapter": 19,
      "verse": 19,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/1-kings/19/#1-kings-19-19",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "calling",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 9:62",
      "book": "Luke",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 62,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/luke/9/#luke-9-62",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "discipleship",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    }
  ],
  "reviewStatus": "listed",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-14",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "farming-tools",
      "title": "Farming Tools and Agriculture in Scripture",
      "url": "/bible-everyday-life/farming-tools/"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/bible-everyday-life/items/plough/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/bible-everyday-life/items/plough/",
  "localStrongEvidence": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/local-strongs-audit.json",
    "matchCount": 1,
    "uniqueStrongNumbers": [
      "G723"
    ],
    "matches": [
      {
        "itemId": "plough",
        "itemName": "Plough",
        "reference": "Luke 9:62",
        "localKjvReference": "Luke 9:62",
        "book": "Luke",
        "chapter": 9,
        "verse": 62,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/luke/9/#luke-9-62",
        "tokenText": "the plough",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "G723"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "G723"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "G723",
        "morph": "robinson:N-ASN",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [
          "αροτρον"
        ],
        "matchTerm": "Plough",
        "matchTermNormalized": "plough",
        "matchSource": "item_name",
        "confidence": "high",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "G723"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "strongsOccurrenceExpansion": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/strongs-occurrence-expansion.json",
    "occurrenceCount": 1,
    "uniqueReferenceCount": 1,
    "bookCount": 1,
    "strongs": [
      "G723"
    ]
  },
  "occurrencePrecision": {
    "level": "tighter lexical range",
    "readerGuidance": "Best used as a direct lexical occurrence set, while still checking the surrounding verse context.",
    "listedReferenceCount": 1,
    "expandedUniqueReferenceCount": 1,
    "expandedOccurrenceCount": 1,
    "bookCount": 1
  }
}