Strong's Lexicon

H7794

H7794 — שׁוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshowrnoun mascOccurrences: 79TWOT: 2355a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7794
Word:שׁוֹר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H7788
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:79
Transliteration:showr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shore
Meaning:1. a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV Renderings:bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for H7791).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8568

שׁוֺר78 noun masculine Neh 5:18 a head of cattle, bullock, ox, etc. (often + חֲמוֺר, שֶׂה , etc.); — ׳ שׁ absolute Isa 1:3 +, construct Exod 21:35 +, suffix שׁוֺרוֺ Exod 20:17 +, etc.; plural שְׁוָרִים Hos 12:2 — usually a single head of cattle, without emphasis on sex (opposed to בָּקָר collective Exod 21:37 ; Num 7:3): as property, spoil of war, etc. Exod 20:17 ( E ; Gi Exod 20:14) = Deut 5:18, compare Deut 5:14; Exod 21:33 ( E ) || Deut 22:4 ; Exod 21:37 (twice in verse) (|| בָּקָר of five head), Exod 22:3; Exod 22:8; Exod 22:9; Exod 22:29; Exod 23:12 (all E ), Deut 22:1 ; Gen 49:6 (poem in J ), Deut 28:31; Judg 6:4 ; 1Sam 12:3; Job 24:3 as licking up (לָחַךְ) grass Num 22:4 ( J ), feeding Ps 106:20 (in reference to golden calf), compare Isa 7:25; Isa 32:30 lowing Job 6:5 as intelligent Isa 1:3, vicious (goring נָגַח) Exod 21:28 (3 t. in verse) + 11 t. Exod 21 ( E ); used in ploughing Deut 22:10, threshing Deut 25:4, compare Prov 14:4 drawing wagon Num 7:3 ( P ; opposed to בָּקָר collective); ׳ פְּנֵי שׁ Ezek 1:10 specifically of male Job 21:10 (opposed to פָּרָה), of female Lev 22:28 ( H ), perhaps also Num 18:17 ( P ), apparently generic Deut 15:19; Deut 33:17 (poem, figurative); rarely collective Gen 32:6 (+ צאֹן), Exod 34:19 — compare Lev 27:26 ( P ) — Josh 6:21 ; Josh 7:24 (all J ), 1Sam 15:3 ; 1Sam 22:19 as slaughtered Prov 7:22, for food 1Sam 14:34 (twice in verse) (but vb read (אֶתֿ)אֲשֶׁר with ᵐ5 Th We Dr and others), 1Kgs 1:19; 1Kgs 1:25; Deut 14:4; Lev 17:3 ( H ), compare Neh 5:18 (אֶחָד ׳ שׁ), Prov 15:17 for sacrifice Judg 6:25 (׳ פַּרהַֿשּׁ, text strange, compare GFM), Ps 69:32 ( שׁוֺר פָּר, but join פָּר to vb Bae), 2Sam 6:13; Hos 12:12; Lev 9:4; Lev 9:18 ( P ), Lev 22:23 ; Lev 22:27 ( H ), Num 15:11 ( P ), Deut 17:1 ; Deut 18:3, compare Lev 7:23; Lev 9:19 מִשּׁוֺר זֶבַח Lev 4:10 ( P ); illicit sacrifice Isa 66:3.


BDB9997

[תּוֺר] noun masculine bullock ( ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שׁוֺר , √ III. שׁור); — plural absolute תּוֺרִין, for sacrifice Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:17 as eating grass Dan 4:22 ; Dan 4:29; Dan 4:30; Dan 5:21.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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