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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; 7:3; 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 2 / 4 (Num 7:41–1Sa 14:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:41 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:45 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:47 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:51 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:53 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:57 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:59 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:63 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:65 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:69 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:71

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:71 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:75

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:75 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:77

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:77 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:81

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:81 - one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:83

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:83 - and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen H1241, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:87

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:87 - all the oxen H1241 for the burnt offering twelve bulls, all the rams twelve, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering twelve, and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88 - and all the oxen H1241 for the sacrifice of peace offerings 24 bulls, all the rams 60, the male goats 60, the male lambs one year old 60. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:8 - “Then let them take a bull from the herd H1241 with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull from the herd H1241 you shall take for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - “Should flocks and herds H1241 be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - then make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to Yahweh, from the herd H1241 or from the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - ‘And when you prepare a bull from the herd H1241 as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 - then you shall bring near with the bull from the herd H1241 a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24 - then it will be, if it is done unintentionally, hidden from the sight of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd H1241 for a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to Yahweh, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the legal judgment, and one male goat for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - And Balak sacrificed oxen H1241 and sheep, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11 -

‘Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd H1241 and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:19 - ‘And you shall bring near an offering by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd H1241 and one ram and seven male lambs one year old; they shall be for you without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:27 - ‘And you shall bring near a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd H1241, one ram, seven male lambs one year old;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:2 - ‘And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without blemish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:8 - ‘And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh as a soothing aroma: one bull from the herd H1241, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, having them without blemish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 - ‘And you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: thirteen bulls from the herd H1241, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without blemish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:17 -

‘Then on the second day: twelve bulls from the herd H1241, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - “And you shall exact a levy for Yahweh from the men of war who went out to battle, one [fn]in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle H1241 and of the donkeys and of the sheep;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle H1241, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33 - and 72,000 cattle H1241,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - and the cattle H1241 were 36,000, from which the levy of Yahweh was 72;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - and 36,000 cattle H1241,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:13 - and your herds H1241 and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - “And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the [fn]contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd H1241 and of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd H1241 or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the [fn]contribution of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd H1241 and flock which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - “And you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God, at the place where He chooses for His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd H1241 and your flock, so that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God all your days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - “And you may spend the money for whatever your [fn]heart desires: for oxen H1241 or sheep or wine or strong drink or whatever your [fn]heart [fn]desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God and be glad, you and your household.

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“You shall set apart as holy to Yahweh your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd H1241 and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - “And you shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God from the flock and the herd H1241, in the place where Yahweh chooses for His name to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd H1241, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 -

Curds of cows H1241, and milk of the flock,

With fat of lambs,

And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,

With the finest of the wheat—

And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 -

Now after him was Shamgar the son of Anath. And he struck down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.

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Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen H1241, and [fn]he said, “What is the matter with the people that they weep?” So they recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - Then he took a pair of oxen H1241 and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen H1241.” Then the dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - So the people [fn]rushed greedily upon the spoil, and they took sheep and oxen H1241 and calves H1241 and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

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