שׁוֹר
shor
“cattle”
Definition
a bullock (as a traveller)
from H7788 (שׁוּר);
- ox, bull, a head of cattle 1a) for plowing, for food, as sacrifice Aramaic equivalent: tor (*תּוֹר *"bullock" H8450)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שׁוֹר appears 61 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
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