עֵ֫גֶל
e.gel
“calf”
Definition
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
from the same as H5696 (עָגֹל);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֵ֫גֶל appears 33 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria.My anger burns against them.How long will they beincapable of innocence?
The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
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