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Lexicon :: Strong's H5695 - ʿēḡel

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עֵגֶל
Transliteration
ʿēḡel
Pronunciation
ay-ghel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as עָגֹל (H5696)
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TWOT Reference: 1560a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵגֶל ʻêgel, ay-ghel; from the same as H5696; a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer):—bullock, calf.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H5695 in the following manner: calf (33x), bullock (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H5695 in the following manner: calf (33x), bullock (2x).

  1. calf, bull-calf

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵגֶל ʻêgel, ay-ghel; from the same as H5696; a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer):—bullock, calf.
STRONGS H5695: Abbreviations
† עֵ֫גֶל noun masculineExodus 32:24 calf (as rolling or circling about ? compare כַּר from כָּרַר; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (Punic) עגל id. Lzb336; ענילו Palmyrene proper name id. Cook89; Aramaic Hgei, aXtlfgi, עִיגְלָא, עֲגַלְתָּא, id.; Assyrian [agalu], plural agalê probably calves DlHWB 16 (compare against this JenKosmol. 110, but see also JägerBAS ii. 2, 286); Arabic ءِجْلً id.; Ethiopic እጒል፡ እጐልት፡, compare also HomNS 226); — ע׳ absolute Exodus 32:19 +; construct 1 Samuel 28:24 +; suffix עֶגְלֵךְ Hosea 8:5; plural עֲגָלִים Hosea 13:2 +; construct עֶגְלֵי 1 Kings 12:28 +; — calf Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 27:10 in simile of leaping mountains Psalm 29:6; in simile of foot-sole of cherubim Ezekiel 1:7; מַרְבֵּק ע׳ i.e. a stall-fed (fatted) calf 1 Samuel 28:24, in simile Jeremiah 46:21; Malachi 3:20 [Malachi 4:2], compare מִתּוֺךְ מַרְבֵּק ע׳ Amos 6:4; לֹא לֻמָּ֑ד ע׳ Jeremiah 31:18 an untrained calf; עֶגְלֵי עַמִּים Psalm 68:31 calves of peoples, i.e. peoples like calves, so most; perhaps read בַּעֲלֵי עמ׳ Matthes Che GunkSchöf. 66 f. compare Bae; calf as sacrifice victim Micah 6:6; Leviticus 9:2, 3, 8 (P); cut in two, in ratifying covenant Jeremiah 34:18, 19 (compare עֶגְלָה Genesis 15:9); elsewhere image of calf: made at Horeb, מַסֵּכָה ע׳ Exodus 32:4, 8; Deuteronomy 9:16; Nehemiah 9:18; ע׳ alone Exodus 32:19, 20, 24, 35; Deuteronomy 9:21; Psalm 106:19; two set up by Jeroboam I in Northern Israel, 1 Kings 12:28, 32; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Chronicles 11:15; 13:8, compare Hosea 8:5, 6 (עגְלֵךְ, שֹׁמְרוֺן ע׳), Hosea 13:2; also Hosea 10:5 (see I. עֶגְלָה near the end).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:9

Exodus

32:4; 32:8; 32:19; 32:19; 32:20; 32:24; 32:24; 32:35

Leviticus

9:2; 9:3; 9:8

Deuteronomy

9:16; 9:21

1 Samuel

28:24; 28:24

1 Kings

12:28; 12:28; 12:32

2 Kings

10:29; 17:16

2 Chronicles

11:15; 13:8

Nehemiah

9:18

Psalms

29:6; 68:31; 106:19

Isaiah

11:6; 27:10

Jeremiah

31:18; 34:18; 34:19; 46:21

Ezekiel

1:7

Hosea

8:5; 8:5; 8:6; 10:5; 13:2; 13:2

Amos

6:4

Micah

6:6

Malachi

4:2

H5695

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5695 matches the Hebrew עֵגֶל (ʿēḡel),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them - they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:24 - So I said to them, 'Whoever has gold, break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf - the one Aaron made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:2 - and said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both flawless, and present them before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:3 - Then tell the Israelites: 'Take a male goat for a sin offering and a calf and lamb, both a year old and flawless, for a burnt offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:8 - So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the sin offering calf which was for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - As for your sinful thing that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - Now the woman had a well-fed calf at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:29 - However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:8 - Now you are declaring that you will resist the LORD's rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:18 - even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, 'This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,' or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:6 - He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:19 - They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:18 - I will punish those people who have violated their covenant with me. I will make them like the calf they cut in two and passed between its pieces. I will do so because they did not keep the terms of the covenant they made in my presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19 - I will punish the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the other people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves' feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - That idol was made by a workman - it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: "Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:6 - With what should I enter the LORD's presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
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