The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle ( Isaiah 65:25 ). It is also rendered "cow" ( Ezekiel 4:15 ), "ox" ( Genesis 12:16 ). The translation of a word always meaning an animal of the ox kind, without distinction of age or sex ( Hosea 12:11 ). It is rendered "cow" ( Numbers 18:17 ) and "ox" ( Leviticus 17:3 ). Another word is rendered in the same way ( Jeremiah 31:18 ). It is also translated "calf" ( Leviticus 9:3 ; Micah 6:6 ). It is the same word used of the "molten calf" ( Exodus 32:4,8 ) and "the golden calf" ( 1 Kings 12:28 ). In Judges 6:25 ; Isaiah 34:7 , the Hebrew word is different. It is the customary word for bulls offered in sacrifice. In Hosea 14:2 , the Authorized Version has "calves," the Revised Version "bullocks."
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)