Strong G5022ταῦρος
bull
- Transliteration
- tauros
- Pronunciation
- tow'-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word (compare [H8450] steer); a bullock: - bull ox.
Detailed definition
ταῦρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹר;]
a bull: Mat.22:4, Act.14:13, Heb.9:13 10:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹר;]
a bull: Mat.22:4, Act.14:13, Heb.9:13 10:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5022 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bull2
- oxen2
First verses
- Matthew 22:4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- Acts 14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
- Hebrews 10:4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ταῦρος, ὁ,
bull, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.481, etc.)]; as a sacrifice to Poseidon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.728, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.181; also ταῦρος βοῦς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.389)]; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν τ., oracularly of Agamemnon and his wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1126 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 priest of Poseidon Taureios, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.425c.)]
3 a kind of Lycian boat with bull as figurehead, postulated to explain Europa's bull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.83.)]
II the bull as a sign of the Zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 167, +others, “IG” 14.1307, “Supp.epigram” 7.363.8 (Dura-Europus, 2nd c.AD), etc.)]
III ={κοχώνη}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.173, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.706)]: also the pudenda muliebria, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]: the male αἰδοῖον, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] (Cf. Latin taurus, Lithuanian tauras, Slavonic tur[ucaron], etc.)
bull, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.481, etc.)]; as a sacrifice to Poseidon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.728, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.181; also ταῦρος βοῦς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.389)]; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν τ., oracularly of Agamemnon and his wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1126 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 priest of Poseidon Taureios, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.425c.)]
3 a kind of Lycian boat with bull as figurehead, postulated to explain Europa's bull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.83.)]
II the bull as a sign of the Zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 167, +others, “IG” 14.1307, “Supp.epigram” 7.363.8 (Dura-Europus, 2nd c.AD), etc.)]
III ={κοχώνη}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.173, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.706)]: also the pudenda muliebria, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]: the male αἰδοῖον, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] (Cf. Latin taurus, Lithuanian tauras, Slavonic tur[ucaron], etc.)