Strong's Greek · G1016

G1016 boûs

βοῦς

booce

ox

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boûs appears 8 times in Scripture, in Luke, John, 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef")

In the King James Version

ox

Derivation

probably from the base of G1006 (βόσκω);

Appears 8 times in Scripture

1 Corinthians 9:9

“For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?”

Luke 14:5

“And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?””

1 Timothy 5:18

“For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.””

Luke 14:19

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’”

Luke 13:15

““You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?”

John 2:14

“In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.”

John 2:15

“So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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