Strong’s H5695 · Hebrew

עֵגֶל
ʻêgel
ay-ghel

Definition

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

Etymology

from the same as H5696 (עָגֹל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • bullock
  • calf

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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