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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 - ‘And bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let us [invite everyone and] feast and celebrate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:30 - but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:12 - He went once for all into the Holy Place [the Holy of Holies of heaven, into the presence of God], and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained and secured eternal redemption [that is, the salvation of all who personally believe in Him as Savior].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - For when every commandment in the Law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and goats [which had been sacrificed], together with water and scarlet wool and with a bunch of hyssop, and he sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:7 - [fn]The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf (ox), the third creature had the face of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
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