Lexicon moschos: a young shoot, a calf Original Word: μόσχος, ου, ὁ, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: moschos Phonetic Spelling: (mos'-khos) Short Definition: a calf Definition: a calf, heifer, young bull. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiona young shoot, a calf NASB Translationcalf (4), calves (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3448: μόσχοςμόσχος, μόσχου, ὁ (cf. Schmidt, chapter 76, 12; Curtius, p. 593); 1. a tender, juicy, shoot; a sprout, of a plant or tree. 2. ὁ, ἡ, μόσχος offspring; a. of men ((cf. figurative English scion)), a boy, a girl, especially if fresh and delicate. b. of animals, a young one. 3. a calf, a bullock, a heifer; so everywhere in the Bible, and always masculine: Luke 15:23, 27, 30; Hebrews 9:12, 19; Revelation 4:7; (the Sept. chiefly for פַּר, a bull, especially a young bull; then for בָּקָר, cattle; for שׁור, an ox or a cow; also for עֵגֶל, a calf). ((Euripides, on.))
Strong's calf. Probably strengthened for oschos (a shoot); a young bullock -- calf. |
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