ox

Greek Noun Male

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)

ox

Greek Noun Male

βοῦς, Doric dialect βῶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+], poetry also βοῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+] and Doric dialect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect and poetry also βόα [Refs 8th c.BC+], rarely contraction βοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+], contraction βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect βόεσσι, βοσί [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Boeotian dialect βούεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+], and Attic dialect, [NT+4th c.BC+]:—bullock, bull, ox, or cow, in plural cattle, commonly feminine: to mark the male [Refs 8th c.BC+] adds a word, β. ἄρσην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a measure of value, βοὸς ἄξιον [Refs] b) βοῦς ἄγριος buffalo, [Refs 4th c.BC+] c) βοῦς ἐν Συρίᾳ zebu, [Refs]; β. ἐν Παιονίᾳ, perhaps urus, [Refs] d) βοὸς ὄμμα, ={βούφθαλμος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 2) metaphorically of any dam or mother, μία β. Κρηθεῖ τε μάτηρ καὶ Σαλμωνεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) ={βοείη} or βοέη (always feminine), ox-hide shield, νωμῆσαι βῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βόας αὔας[Refs 5th c.BC+] III) a fish, perhaps Notidanus griseus, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) a fish of the Nile, [Refs 1st c.BC+] IV) ἔβδομος β. crescent loaf, [Refs] V) seam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VI) the constellation Taurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+] VII) ={μάστιξ}, [Refs 5th c.AD+] VIII) proverbial, β. ἐπὶ γλώσσης ἐπιβαίνων [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of people who keep silence from some weighty reason, τὸν βοῦν ἐπιτίθημι τῇ γλώττῃ [Refs 4th c.AD+] (wrongly explained by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; β. ἐν αὐλίῳ, of a useless person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. λύρας 'pearls before swine', [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Sanskrit gaús) accusative βῶν (Sanskrit gā´m) are old forms: stem βωϝ-βοϝ, cf. Latin (Umbr.) bos, etc.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef"); ox; probably from the base of g1006 (βόσκω)