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Lexicon :: Strong's H1241 - bāqār

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בָּקָר
Transliteration
bāqār
Pronunciation
baw-kawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 274a

Strong’s Definitions

בָּקָר bâqâr, baw-kawr'; from H1239; a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd:—beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x

The KJV translates Strong's H1241 in the following manner: ox (78x), herd (44x), beeves (7x), young (18x), young (with H1121) (17x), bullock (6x), bullock (with H1121) (2x), calf (with H1121) (2x), heifer (2x), kine (2x), bulls (1x), cattle (1x), cow's (1x), great (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 182x
The KJV translates Strong's H1241 in the following manner: ox (78x), herd (44x), beeves (7x), young (18x), young (with H1121) (17x), bullock (6x), bullock (with H1121) (2x), calf (with H1121) (2x), heifer (2x), kine (2x), bulls (1x), cattle (1x), cow's (1x), great (1x).

  1. cattle, herd, oxen, ox

    1. cattle (generic pl. but sing. in form - coll)

    2. herd (particular one)

    3. head of cattle (individually)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּקָר bâqâr, baw-kawr'; from H1239; a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd:—beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
STRONGS H1241: Abbreviations
בָּקָר 182 noun masculine1Ki 5:3 + (feminineGenesis 33:16; Job 1:14 compare Deuteronomy 32:14 2 Samuel 17:29) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic بَقَرٌ, Aramaic בַּקְרָא, בַּקְרְתָא, arqfb (compare also HomNS 222 ff.); name from ploughing, so Thes LagBN 51 and others) — absolute בּ׳ Genesis 12:16 +; construct בְּקַר Numbers 7:88; suffix בְּקָֽרְךָ Genesis 45:10 +; בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 20:24; Jeremiah 5:17; בְּקָרוֺ 1 Samuel 11:7; 2 Samuel 12:4; בְּקַרְכֶם Deuteronomy 12:6; בְּקָרָם Jeremiah 3:24 +; plural בְּקָרִים Amos 6:12 (al. read בקר ים) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read מְּקָעִים see || 1 Kings 7:24 below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ Nehemiah 10:37; read בקריכם for בחוריכם 1 Samuel 8:16 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; —
1. mostly collective.
a. cattle, generic (never plural in form) Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:5; Genesis 20:14; Genesis 21:27; Genesis 24:35; Leviticus 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:13; 1 Samuel 11:5; Hosea 5:6; Joel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 27:29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently || צאֹן); as grazing, 1 Chronicles 27:29 +; in simile כַּבּ׳ Job 40:15; Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25; as lowing (קוֺל הַבּ׳) 1 Samuel 15:14; מִקְנֵה בָקָר possession of (i.e. property in) cattle Genesis 6:14; Genesis 47:17 (both J); עֶדְרֵי ב׳ Joel 1:18 herds of cattle; especially בֶּן־בָּקָר son of cattle (i.e. belonging to the בקר), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food Genesis 18:7 compare Genesis 18:8 (J); — in these probably = calf (see also 1 Samuel 14:32 בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) Numbers 15:8, 9; בֶּן־הַבּ׳ Leviticus 1:5; appositive עֵגֶל † Leviticus 9:2; — compare עֶגְלַת בָּקָר † Deuteronomy 21:3; 1 Samuel 16:2; Isaiah 7:21; — mostly appositive פַּר Exodus 29:1 + 27 times; also plural † בקר בני פָּרִים Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; Numbers 29:13, 17 (on all these compare בֵּן); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified Numbers 7:87, 88 (in both enumerated as פָּרִים); Numbers 22:40; 1 Samuel 14:32; 1 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 7:29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 1 Kings 8:5; 1 Chronicles 12:40; 2 Chronicles 5:6; 18:2; Isaiah 22:13; Psalm 66:15; also as beasts of burden 1 Chronicles 12:40.
b. a particular herd of cattle Genesis 18:7 (J); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ, our herds, only Nehemiah 10:37.
2. more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P; plural only Amos 6:12 2 Chronicles 4:3 see above); of two Numbers 7:17 + 11 times Numbers 7; † compare also צֶמֶד ב׳ yoke (pair) of oxen 1 Samuel 11:7 compare 1 Samuel 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21 compare 1 Kings 19:21 (ploughing, compare 1 Kings 19:19); also 2 Samuel 6:6 = 1 Chronicles 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Numbers 7:3f.; 1 Samuel 6:7f.), 2 Samuel 24:22 = 1 Chronicles 21:33, 2 Samuel 24:22, 24; 1 Kings 19:20; Amos 6:12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1:3 compare Job 1:14; 1000 yoke Job 42:12; further, of four Numbers 7:7; five Exodus 21:37 (תַּחַת הַשּׁוֺר); seven 2 Chronicles 29:22 (|| פָּרִים 2 Chronicles 29:21); eight Numbers 7:8; ten 1 Kings 5:3; twelve Numbers 7:3 (singly called שׁוֺר) compare Numbers 7:6; of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:25, 44 2 Chronicles 4:4, 15 compare 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Chronicles 4:3 (דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read in both פְּקָעִים, as || 1 Kings 7:24 compare Be Öttli) 1 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 52:20; of twenty 1 Kings 5:3; seventy 2 Chronicles 29:32; hundreds or thousands 1 Kings 8:63 2 Chronicles 7:5; 15:11; 29:33; 35:7, 8, 9 (compare 2 Chronicles 35:12), & Numbers 31:33, 38, 44†. Note חֶמְאַת בָּקָר Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem), שְׁפוֺת ב׳ 2 Samuel 17:29, כְּלִי הַבּ׳ 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 19:21, מַלְמַד הַבּ׳ Judges 3:31, צְפִו֯עֵי הַבּ׳ Ezekiel 4:15 (opposed to גֶּלֲלֵי הָאָדָם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:14; 12:6; 12:16; 13:5; 18:7; 18:7; 18:8; 20:14; 21:27; 24:35; 33:16; 45:10; 47:17

Exodus

20:24; 29:1

Leviticus

1:2; 1:5; 9:2

Numbers

7; 7:3; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:17; 7:87; 7:88; 7:88; 15:8; 15:9; 22:40; 28:11; 28:19; 28:27; 29:13; 29:17; 31:33; 31:38; 31:44

Deuteronomy

8:13; 12:6; 21:3; 32:14; 32:14

Judges

3:31

1 Samuel

6:7; 8:16; 11:5; 11:7; 11:7; 11:7; 14:32; 14:32; 15:14; 15:21; 16:2

2 Samuel

6:6; 12:4; 17:29; 17:29; 24:22; 24:22; 24:22; 24:24

1 Kings

1:9; 5:3; 5:3; 5:3; 7:4; 7:24; 7:24; 7:25; 7:29; 7:44; 8:5; 8:63; 19:19; 19:20; 19:21; 19:21; 19:21

2 Kings

16:17

1 Chronicles

12:40; 12:40; 13:9; 27:29; 27:29

2 Chronicles

4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4; 4:15; 5:6; 7:5; 15:11; 18:2; 29:21; 29:22; 29:32; 29:33; 35:7; 35:8; 35:9; 35:12

Nehemiah

10:37; 10:37

Job

1:3; 1:14; 1:14; 40:15; 42:12

Psalms

66:15

Isaiah

7:21; 11:7; 22:13; 65:25

Jeremiah

3:24; 5:17; 52:20

Ezekiel

4:15

Hosea

5:6

Joel

1:18; 1:18

Amos

6:12; 6:12; 6:12

H1241

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Strong's Number H1241 matches the Hebrew בָּקָר (bāqār),
which occurs 183 times in 172 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Sa 15:9–Job 42:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, H1241 and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:14 - And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen H1241 which I hear?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, H1241 to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, H1241 the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer H1241 with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, H1241 and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20 - And David took all the flocks and the herds, H1241 which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen H1241 shook it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:2 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: H1241

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, H1241 to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, H1241 for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:22 - And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen H1241 for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen H1241 for wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen H1241 for fifty shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen H1241 and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - Ten fat oxen, H1241 and twenty oxen H1241 out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood upon twelve oxen, H1241 three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, H1241 and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen H1241 were certain additions made of thin work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:44 - And one sea, and twelve oxen H1241 under the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, H1241 that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, H1241 and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20 - And he left the oxen, H1241 and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:21 - And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, H1241 and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, H1241 and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, H1241 and menservants, and maidservants?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17 - And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen H1241 that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, H1241 and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, H1241 and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen H1241 stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen H1241 also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:29 - And over the herds H1241 that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds H1241 that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - And under it was the similitude of oxen, H1241 which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen H1241 were cast, when it was cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood upon twelve oxen, H1241 three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:15 - One sea, and twelve oxen H1241 under it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, H1241 which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, H1241 and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young H1241 bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen H1241 and seven thousand sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen H1241 for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they killed the bullocks, H1241 and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, H1241 an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen H1241 and three thousand sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen H1241 and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:29 - Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds H1241 in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: H1241 these were of the king's substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. H1241

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. H1241

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. H1241

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds H1241 and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, H1241 and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen H1241 were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:15 - Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. H1241

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, H1241 and a thousand she asses.

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