אֵבוּסʼêbûwç
crib, feeding-trough (Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 1:3; Job 39:9)
Pronunciation: ay-booce' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H18
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Job 39:9 “Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?
- Proverbs 14:4 Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.
- Isaiah 1:3 Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).