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Strong H5697H5697Aעֶגְלָה

heifer

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5697

Transliteration
‛eglâh
Pronunciation
eg-law'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of H5695; a (female) {calf} especially one nearly grown (that {is} a heifer): - {calf} {cow} heifer.

Detailed definition

heifer

In the Bible

Strong H5697A appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • heifer9
  • calf1
  • cow1

First verses

  1. Genesis 15:9
    And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
  2. Deuteronomy 21:3
    And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
  3. Deuteronomy 21:4
    And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
  4. Deuteronomy 21:6
    And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
  5. Judges 14:18
    And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
  6. 1 Samuel 16:2
    And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
  7. Isaiah 7:21
    And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
  8. Jeremiah 46:20
    Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
  9. Jeremiah 50:11
    Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
  10. Hosea 10:5
    The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
  11. Hosea 10:11
    And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
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