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Lexicon :: Strong's G3448 - moschos

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μόσχος
Transliteration
moschos (Key)
Pronunciation
mos'-khos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably strengthened for oschos (a shoot)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:760,610

Strong’s Definitions

μόσχος móschos, mos'-khos; probably strengthened for όσχος óschos (a shoot); a young bullock:—calf.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3448 in the following manner: calf (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3448 in the following manner: calf (6x).

  1. a tender juicy shoot

    1. a sprout, of a plant or tree

  2. offspring

    1. of men: a boy or a girl, esp. if fresh and delicate

    2. of animals: a young one

  3. a calf, a bullock, a heifer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μόσχος móschos, mos'-khos; probably strengthened for όσχος óschos (a shoot); a young bullock:—calf.
STRONGS G3448:
μόσχος, μόσχου, ὁ (cf. Schmidt, chapter 76, 12; Curtius, p. 593);
1. a tender, juicy, shoot; a sprout, of a plant or tree.
2. ὁ, ἡ, μόσχος offspring;
a. of men ((cf. figurative English scion)), a boy, a girl, especially if fresh and delicate.
b. of animals, a young one.
3. a calf, a bullock, a heifer; so everywhere in the Bible, and always masculine: Luke 15:23, 27, 30; Hebrews 9:12, 19; Revelation 4:7; (the Sept. chiefly for פַּר, a bull, especially a young bull; then for בָּקָר, cattle; for שׁור, an ox or a cow; also for עֵגֶל, a calf). ((Euripides, on.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
15:23; 15:27; 15:30
Hebrews
9:12; 9:19
Revelation
4:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3448 matches the Greek μόσχος (moschos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:23 - Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:27 - ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:30 - But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:12 - He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[fn] eternal redemption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:7 - The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
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