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Koine Greek wordlink #52402

SR GNT Luke 14:5 βοῦς (bous) ‘of you_all a son or an ox into a pit will_be falling’ Strongs=10160 Lemma=bous
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form βοῦς (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βοῦς’ (N-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘an ox’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘bous’ have 4 different glosses: ‘an ox’, ‘of oxen’, ‘ox’, ‘oxen’.

Greek words (3) other than βοῦς (N-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘ox’

LUKE 13:15 βοῦν (boun) N-AMS ‘not is untying the ox of him or the’ SR GNT Luke 13:15 word 22

OET-LV: 15 And the master answered to _him and said: Hypocrites. Is_ not _untying each of _you _all the ox of _him, on _the day _of _rest, or the donkey from the manger, and having _led _away it is _giving _to _drink it? (LUK_13:15)

OET-RV: 15 “You hypocrites!” Yeshua responded. “Doesn’t every one of you untie his ox on the Rest Day, or untie the donkey from the feeding trough and lead it away for a drink? (LUK 13:15)

1 COR 9:9 βοῦν (boun) N-AMS ‘it has_been written not will_be muzzling an ox threshing not for the’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:9 word 10

OET-LV: 9 For/Because in the of _Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) law, it _has _been _written: Not will _be _muzzling an_ox threshing. Not for _the oxen is _caring the with_god? (CO1_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 He wrote in those laws: ‘Don’t prevent the ox from eating when it’s working to thresh the grain.’ (CO1 9:9)

1 TIM 5:18 βοῦν (boun) N-AMS ‘for the scripture an ox threshing not you will_be muzzling’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 For/Because the scripture is _saying: Not you _will _be _muzzling an_ox threshing, and: Worthy is the worker of _the wage of _him. (TI1_5:18)

OET-RV: 18 because the scriptures say, “Don’t muzzle the ox working on the threshing floor,” and “A worker deserves their wages.” (TI1 5:18)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular