Strong's Greek · G1016

βοῦς

boûs

ox

Definition

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

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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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