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Lexicon :: Strong's H5697 - ʿeḡlâ

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עֶגְלָה
Transliteration
ʿeḡlâ
Pronunciation
eg-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1560b

Strong’s Definitions

עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh, eg-law'; feminine of H5695; a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer):—calf, cow, heifer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5697 in the following manner: heifer (12x), cow (1x), calf (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H5697 in the following manner: heifer (12x), cow (1x), calf (1x).

  1. heifer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh, eg-law'; feminine of H5695; a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer):—calf, cow, heifer.
STRONGS H5697: Abbreviations
† I. עֶגְלָה noun feminine heifer; — absolute ע׳ Genesis 15:9 +; construct עֶגְלַת Isaiah 7:21 +; suffix עֶגְלָתִי Judges 14:18; plural construct עֶגְלוֺת Hosea 10:5 (but see below); — heifer, Isaiah 7:21, used in ploughing Judges 14:18 (figurative), threshing Jeremiah 50:11 (דָשָׁא ע׳, in simile, see דּוּשׁ, read perhaps דָשָׁה), figurative of stateliness etc. Jeremiah 46:20; מְלֻמָּדָה ע׳ Hosea 10:11 a trained heifer (simile of Ephraim); used for sacrifice 1 Samuel 16:2 (עֶגְלַת בָּקָר); cut in two for ratifying covenant Genesis 15:9 (J; מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת ע׳; compare עֵגֶל Jeremiah 34:18, 19); in cleansing city from blood-guiltiness Deuteronomy 21:3 (בָּקָר ע׳), Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:6; once of calves worshipped in Northern Israel Hosea 10:5 (where read probably עֵגֶל, so Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm, compare Che, see also the following suffixes masculine singular).

† עֶגְלַת proper name, of a location; — שְׁלִשִׁיָּה ע׳ (the) third, Eglath Isaiah 15:5 (Greek Version of the LXX δάμαλις τριερής) Jeremiah 48:34 (Greek Version of the LXX ἀγγελιαν Σαλασεια), near Zoar and southern border of Moab.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:9; 15:9

Deuteronomy

21:3; 21:4; 21:4; 21:6

Judges

14:18; 14:18

1 Samuel

16:2

Isaiah

7:21; 7:21; 15:5

Jeremiah

34:18; 34:19; 46:20; 48:34; 50:11

Hosea

10:5; 10:5; 10:11

H5697

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5697 matches the Hebrew עֶגְלָה (ʿeḡlâ),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - The LORD said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked - that has never pulled with the yoke -

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - Samuel replied, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" But the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:21 - At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart cries out because of Moab's plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 - Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - "People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 - Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!
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