Words the Bible translates as cattle
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- bousβοῦςan ox: one head of cattle, the heavy farm animal that pulls a plow, treads out grain, or is sold for the altar
- behemahבְּהֵמָהlivestock: the land animals people keep and live among, and by extension the land animals as a whole
- baqarבָּקָרcattle: the herd of large livestock (oxen, cows, bulls, and calves), as opposed to the flock of sheep and goats
- shorשׁוֹרa single head of cattle: one ox, bull, or bullock
- miqnehמִקְנֶהlivestock: the herds and flocks a person owns, counted as movable wealth
- elephאֶלֶףcattlenot studied yet
- be'irבְּעִירcattlenot studied yet
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