Strong G1016βοῦς
ox
- Transliteration
- bous
- Pronunciation
- booce
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from the base of G1006; an ox (as grazing) that is an animal of that species (beef): - ox.
Detailed definition
βοῦς, βοός, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for בָּקָר;]
an ox, a cow: Luk.13:15 14:5, 19 Jhn.2:14, 15 1Co.9:9" (LXX), 1Ti.5:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בָּקָר;]
an ox, a cow: Luk.13:15 14:5, 19 Jhn.2:14, 15 1Co.9:9" (LXX), 1Ti.5:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1016 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ox4
- oxen4
First verses
- Luke 13:15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
- Luke 14:5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
- Luke 14:19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
- John 2:14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
- John 2:15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
- 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
- 1 Timothy 5:18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βοῦς,
Doric dialect βῶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.7, “GDI” 5005.5 (from Gortyn), ὁ and ἡ: _genitive_ βοός (written βοιός “GDI” iv p.883 No.62 (from Erythrae)))], poetry also βοῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 421, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 280: _accusative_ βοῦν “IG” 12.45 A 11, etc., βῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238)] and Doric dialect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 4.914.18, +others (Epid.), “SIG” 56.16 (from Argos), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.64)], Ionic dialect and poetry also βόα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Lerius Historicus 162 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.255 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus): dual βόε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 436: _plural_, _nominative_ βόες)], rarely contraction βοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 760, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 33, etc.: _genitive_ βοῶν)], contraction βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 983; Bocot. βουῶν “IG” 7.3171.45: _dative_ βουσί)], Epic dialect βόεσσι, βοσί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.622 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus))]; Boeotian dialect βούεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3171.38: _accusative_ βόας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.556, +others, βοῦς 1.154, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 175 (Lyric poetry))], and Attic dialect, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.5, etc. (but later βόας NT.John.2.14, “POxy.” 729.16 (2nd c.AD), etc.))]:—bullock, bull, ox, or cow, in plural cattle, commonly feminine: to mark the male [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] adds a word, β. ἄρσην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.495; or ταῦρος β. 17.389)]; as a measure of value, βοὸς ἄξιον [Refs (23.885, compare 7.474 and see at {ἀλφεσίβοιος},{ἑκατόμβοιος}.)]
b βοῦς ἄγριος buffalo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499a4.)]
c βοῦς ἐν Συρίᾳ zebu, [Refs ([prev. work] 606a15)]; β. ἐν Παιονίᾳ, perhaps urus, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mir.” 842b33.)]
d βοὸς ὄμμα, ={βούφθαλμος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.1.52 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
2 metaphorically of any dam or mother, μία β. Κρηθεῖ τε μάτηρ καὶ Σαλμωνεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.142; ἄπεχε τῆς β. τὸν ταῦρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1125.)]
II ={βοείη} or βοέη (always feminine), ox-hide shield, νωμῆσαι βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238; τυκτῇσι βόεσσιν 12.105)]; βόας αὔας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 137; γέρρα λευκῶν β. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.12.)]
III a fish, perhaps Notidanus griseus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540b17, “fragment” 280.)]
III.2 a fish of the Nile, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4.)]
IV ἔβδομος β. crescent loaf, [Refs (Clidem. 16.)]
V seam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.65.)]
VI the constellation Taurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 162.)]
VII ={μάστιξ}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VIII proverbial, β. ἐπὶ γλώσσης ἐπιβαίνων [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 815; βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 36)]; of people who keep silence from some weighty reason, τὸν βοῦν ἐπιτίθημι τῇ γλώττῃ [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.218a; βοῦς ἐμβαίνει μέγας Strattis 67)] (wrongly explained by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 2.70, etc., of bribery with coins bearing type of ox); β. ἐν πόλει 'bull in a china-shop', Diogcnian. 3.67)]; β. ἐν αὐλίῳ, of a useless person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 32)]; β. λύρας 'pearls before swine', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.349c. (βοῦς (from βωύς)], Sanskrit gaús) accusative βῶν (Sanskrit gā´m) are old forms: stem βωϝ-βοϝ-, cf. Latin (Umbr.) bos, etc.)
Doric dialect βῶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.7, “GDI” 5005.5 (from Gortyn), ὁ and ἡ: _genitive_ βοός (written βοιός “GDI” iv p.883 No.62 (from Erythrae)))], poetry also βοῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 421, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 280: _accusative_ βοῦν “IG” 12.45 A 11, etc., βῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238)] and Doric dialect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 4.914.18, +others (Epid.), “SIG” 56.16 (from Argos), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.64)], Ionic dialect and poetry also βόα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Lerius Historicus 162 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.255 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus): dual βόε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 436: _plural_, _nominative_ βόες)], rarely contraction βοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 760, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 33, etc.: _genitive_ βοῶν)], contraction βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 983; Bocot. βουῶν “IG” 7.3171.45: _dative_ βουσί)], Epic dialect βόεσσι, βοσί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.622 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus))]; Boeotian dialect βούεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3171.38: _accusative_ βόας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.556, +others, βοῦς 1.154, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 175 (Lyric poetry))], and Attic dialect, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.5, etc. (but later βόας NT.John.2.14, “POxy.” 729.16 (2nd c.AD), etc.))]:—bullock, bull, ox, or cow, in plural cattle, commonly feminine: to mark the male [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] adds a word, β. ἄρσην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.495; or ταῦρος β. 17.389)]; as a measure of value, βοὸς ἄξιον [Refs (23.885, compare 7.474 and see at {ἀλφεσίβοιος},{ἑκατόμβοιος}.)]
b βοῦς ἄγριος buffalo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499a4.)]
c βοῦς ἐν Συρίᾳ zebu, [Refs ([prev. work] 606a15)]; β. ἐν Παιονίᾳ, perhaps urus, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mir.” 842b33.)]
d βοὸς ὄμμα, ={βούφθαλμος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.1.52 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
2 metaphorically of any dam or mother, μία β. Κρηθεῖ τε μάτηρ καὶ Σαλμωνεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.142; ἄπεχε τῆς β. τὸν ταῦρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1125.)]
II ={βοείη} or βοέη (always feminine), ox-hide shield, νωμῆσαι βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238; τυκτῇσι βόεσσιν 12.105)]; βόας αὔας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 137; γέρρα λευκῶν β. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.12.)]
III a fish, perhaps Notidanus griseus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540b17, “fragment” 280.)]
III.2 a fish of the Nile, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4.)]
IV ἔβδομος β. crescent loaf, [Refs (Clidem. 16.)]
V seam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.65.)]
VI the constellation Taurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 162.)]
VII ={μάστιξ}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VIII proverbial, β. ἐπὶ γλώσσης ἐπιβαίνων [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 815; βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 36)]; of people who keep silence from some weighty reason, τὸν βοῦν ἐπιτίθημι τῇ γλώττῃ [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.218a; βοῦς ἐμβαίνει μέγας Strattis 67)] (wrongly explained by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 2.70, etc., of bribery with coins bearing type of ox); β. ἐν πόλει 'bull in a china-shop', Diogcnian. 3.67)]; β. ἐν αὐλίῳ, of a useless person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 32)]; β. λύρας 'pearls before swine', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.349c. (βοῦς (from βωύς)], Sanskrit gaús) accusative βῶν (Sanskrit gā´m) are old forms: stem βωϝ-βοϝ-, cf. Latin (Umbr.) bos, etc.)