Strong's Greek · G3448

μόσχος

móschos

calf

Definition

a young bullock

Derivation

probably strengthened for (a shoot);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Hebrews 9:12

He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Revelation 4:7

The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

Hebrews 9:19

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

Luke 15:23

Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

Luke 15:27

‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’

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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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