ταῦροςtaûros
a bullock
Greek (New Testament) · G5022
Meanings
a bull: Matthew 22:4, Acts 14:13, Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 10:4.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 22:4 “So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!’
- Acts 14:13 Now the temple of Zeus was located just outside the town. So the priest of the temple and the crowd brought bulls and wreaths of flowers to the town gates, and they prepared to offer sacrifices to the apostles.
- Hebrews 9:13 Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.
- Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.