βοῦς bous · G1016
ox
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
βοῦς, ; Doric dialect βῶς [], poetry also βοῦ [] and Doric dialect, [], Ionic dialect and poetry also βόα [], rarely contraction βοῦς [], contraction βῶν [], Epic dialect βόεσσι, βοσί []; Boeotian dialect βούεσσι [], and Attic dialect, []:—bullock, bull, ox, or cow, in plural cattle, commonly feminine: to mark the male [] adds a word, β. ἄρσην []; as a measure of value, βοὸς ἄξιον []; b βοῦς ἄγριος buffalo, []; c βοῦς ἐν Συρίᾳ zebu, []; β. ἐν Παιονίᾳ, perhaps urus, []; d βοὸς ὄμμα, …
Where it's used 8 times
Luke 13:15 · Luke 14:5 · Luke 14:19 · John 2:14 · John 2:15 · 1 Corinthians 9:9 · 1 Timothy 5:18 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G1016; TFLSJ G1016
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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