Heifer
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Heifer - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Heb. eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34).
Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos. 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13.
Heifer - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
HEIF'ER, n. hef'er. A young cow.
In other dictionaries
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- CattleEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CowEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- KineEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- OxEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- Bull; BullockInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- CalfInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- CattleInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Cow; KineInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- HeiferInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- KineInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Bull, BullockSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- CalfSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- CattleSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- CowSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- HeiferSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- KineSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- OxSmith’s Bible Dictionary
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Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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