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βοῦς

MainId: 001023000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: β

StrongCodes: G1016

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001023001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m./f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: βοῦς

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: βοός

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001023001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 4.15

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Animals

      LEXSubDomains: Animals

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-02-12 11:48:08

         DefinitionShort: general word for individual cattle; may be male (bull or ox) or female (cow); plural: cattle

         Glosses: ['bull', 'ox', 'cow', 'cattle']

         Comments: In most contexts βοῦς (masc. gender) would seem to refer to an ox (in contrast with {L:ταῦρος} ‘bull,’ {D:4.16}). In the plural form βοῦς may be translated simply as a collective ‘cattle.’|Though in a number of languages a very special distinction is made between ‘bulls’ and ‘oxen’ (or ‘steers’), no such marked difference occurs in NT usage, and there appears to be no need of introducing any artificial distinction in particular passages.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 13:15, LUKE 14:5, LUKE 14:19, YHN 2:14, YHN 2:15, 1COR 9:9, 1COR 9:9, 1TIM 5:18

      LEXLinks: fauna:2.10