μόσχοςmóschos
a young bullock
Greek (New Testament) · G3448
Meanings
1. a young shoot or twig.
2. ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring
(a) of men
(b) of animals; most frequently (as always in LXX), a calf, bullock, heifer: Luke 15:23, Luke 15:27, Luke 15:30, Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:19, Revelation 4:7.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Luke 15:23 And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
- Luke 15:27 ‘Your brother is back,’ he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.’
- Luke 15:30 Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’
- Hebrews 9:12 With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.
- Hebrews 9:19 For after Moses had read each of God’s commandments to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, and sprinkled both the book of God’s law and all the people, using hyssop branches and scarlet wool.
- Revelation 4:7 The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.