Cattle
kat'-'-l (behemah, "a dumb beast"; miqneh, "a possession"
from qanah, "to acquire" (compare Arabic qana', "to
acquire," and Greek kienos, "beast," and plural ktenea,
"flocks," from ktaomai, "to acquire," flocks being both with
the Homeric peoples and with the patriarchs an important
form of property; compare English "fee"); tso'n "small
cattl...
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-(Of the bovine species)
-Used for sacrifice
1Ki 8:63
-See HEIFER
-See OFFERINGS
-Sheltered
Ge 33:17
-Stall-fed
Pr 15:17
-Gilead adapted to the raising of
Nu 32:1-4
-Bashan suitable to the raising of
Ps 22:12; Eze 39:18; Am 4:1...
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There was no animal in the rural economy of the Israelites,
or indeed in that of the ancient Orientals generally, that
was held in higher esteem than the ox and deservedly so, for
the ox was the animal upon whose patient labors depended all
the ordinary operations of farming. Oxen were used for
ploughing, De 22:10; 1Sa 14:14 etc.; for treading...
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And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty
thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of
asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand....
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But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in
it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine
ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy
maidservant may rest as well as thou....
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And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of
thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy
cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD
will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy
fathers:...
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Cattle. - Very early in the history of mankind, animals were tamed and domesticated, to be used in agriculture, for milk, for their flesh, and especially for sacrifices. Many words in Hebrew expressed the different ages and sexes of cattle, West of the Jordan River the cattle were generally stall-fed; in the plains and hills south and east they roa...
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