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עֶגְלָה eglah
Hebrew word for “heifer” · Strong’s H5697 · used 14 times in 13 verses
Meaning
heifer
Senses in the lexicon
- heifer (12)
- Eglath-shelishiyah (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for eglah in context, with how often each is used:
- heifer 10
- eglath 2
- like a heifer 1
- heifers 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 21 (3), Hosea 10 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Judges 14 (1), 1 Samuel 16 (1), Isaiah 7 (1), Isaiah 15 (1), Jeremiah 46 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1)
Forms
- עגלת 5
- עגלה 3
- העגלה 3
- בעגלתי 1
- כעגלה 1
- לעגלות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with eglah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֹרֹנַיִם choronayim “Horonaim” 2
- עָרַף araph “to break the neck” 2
- צֹעַר tsoar “Zoar” 2
- דּוּשׁ dush “to tread” 2
- זָקֵן zaqen “old” 3
- בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 3
- זְעָקָה zeaqah “outcry” 2
- עִיר ir “city” 4
- חָרֵשׁ charesh “be quiet” 2
- קָרֹב qarov “near” 2
- חָלָל chalal “slain” 2
- שְׁלִישִׁי shelishi “third” 2
Key verses
The verses using eglah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 15:9 — And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young…
- Deuteronomy 21:3 — And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which…
- Deuteronomy 21:4 — And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in…
- Deuteronomy 21:6 — And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
- 1 Samuel 16:2 — And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
- Isaiah 7:21 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
- Isaiah 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go…
- Jeremiah 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
- Jeremiah 48:34 — From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old:…
- Jeremiah 50:11 — Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
- Hosea 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on…
- Hosea 10:11 — And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall…
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