UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: calf

Semantic entry: 4.17

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Animals

Definition: the young of cattle

Notes: In Greek outside of the NT μόσχος is either masculine or feminine, but in the NT the forms are either masculine (RV LUK 15:23 · LV LUK 15:23 · Read together LUK 15:23) or the distinction is not indicated by the accompanying grammatical forms (RV HEB 9:12 · LV HEB 9:12 · Read together HEB 9:12).|In languages spoken by cattle-raising people, the major difficulty is in finding a satisfactory generic expression, since the tendency is to be very specific in matters of age, sex, color, size, etc. Under such circumstances one can only select terms with more or less generic meanings or employ more specific expressions which seem to fit particular contexts.

Further resources: fauna:2.10