βοῦςboûs
an ox, a cow: Luke 13:15, Luke 14:5, Luke 14:19, John 2:14, John 2:15, 1 Corinthians 9:9 (LXX), 1 Timothy 5:18.
Greek (New Testament) · G1016
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Luke 13:15 But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?
- Luke 14:5 Then he turned to them and said, “Which of you doesn’t work on the Sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don’t you rush to get him out?”
- Luke 14:19 Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- John 2:14 In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.
- John 2:15 Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 For the law of Moses says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” Was God thinking only about oxen when he said this?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.