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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Heifer

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Heifer

Heb. eglah, (Deuteronomy 21:4, 6; Jeremiah 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hosea 10:11); giving milk (Isaiah 7:21); ploughing (Judges 14:18); treading out grain (Jeremiah 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34).

Heb. parah (Genesis 41:2; Numbers 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hosea 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Numbers 19:1-10; comp. Hebrews 9:13.


Naves Topical Index
Heifer

When used as sacrifice, must be without blemish and must not have come under the yoke
Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 21:3

An atonement for murder
Deuteronomy 21:1-9

The red heifer used for the water of separation
Deuteronomy 4:19; Hebrews 9:13

Used for draught
Judges 14:18

Used for treading out wheat
Hosea 10:11

Tractable
Hosea 10:11

Intractable
Hosea 4:16
Kine; Offering

Figurative:

Of backsliders
Hosea 4:16

Of the obedient
Hosea 10:11


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Heifer

HEIF'ER, noun hef'er. A young cow.