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Lexicon :: Strong's H5697 - ʿeḡlâ

Aa
עֶגְלָה
Transliteration
ʿeḡlâ
Pronunciation
eg-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1560b

Strong’s Definitions

עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh, eg-law'; feminine of H5695; a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer):—calf, cow, heifer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5697 in the following manner: heifer (12x), cow (1x), calf (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H5697 in the following manner: heifer (12x), cow (1x), calf (1x).

  1. heifer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh, eg-law'; feminine of H5695; a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer):—calf, cow, heifer.
STRONGS H5697: Abbreviations
† I. עֶגְלָה noun feminine heifer; — absolute ע׳ Genesis 15:9 +; construct עֶגְלַת Isaiah 7:21 +; suffix עֶגְלָתִי Judges 14:18; plural construct עֶגְלוֺת Hosea 10:5 (but see below); — heifer, Isaiah 7:21, used in ploughing Judges 14:18 (figurative), threshing Jeremiah 50:11 (דָשָׁא ע׳, in simile, see דּוּשׁ, read perhaps דָשָׁה), figurative of stateliness etc. Jeremiah 46:20; מְלֻמָּדָה ע׳ Hosea 10:11 a trained heifer (simile of Ephraim); used for sacrifice 1 Samuel 16:2 (עֶגְלַת בָּקָר); cut in two for ratifying covenant Genesis 15:9 (J; מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת ע׳; compare עֵגֶל Jeremiah 34:18, 19); in cleansing city from blood-guiltiness Deuteronomy 21:3 (בָּקָר ע׳), Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:6; once of calves worshipped in Northern Israel Hosea 10:5 (where read probably עֵגֶל, so Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm, compare Che, see also the following suffixes masculine singular).

† עֶגְלַת proper name, of a location; — שְׁלִשִׁיָּה ע׳ (the) third, Eglath Isaiah 15:5 (Greek Version of the LXX δάμαλις τριερής) Jeremiah 48:34 (Greek Version of the LXX ἀγγελιαν Σαλασεια), near Zoar and southern border of Moab.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:9; 15:9

Deuteronomy

21:3; 21:4; 21:4; 21:6

Judges

14:18; 14:18

1 Samuel

16:2

Isaiah

7:21; 7:21; 15:5

Jeremiah

34:18; 34:19; 46:20; 48:34; 50:11

Hosea

10:5; 10:5; 10:11

H5697

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5697 matches the Hebrew עֶגְלָה (ʿeḡlâ),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - So He said H559 to him, “[fn]Bring H3947 Me a three-year-old H8027 heifer H5697, a three-year-old H8027 female H5795 goat H5795, a three-year-old H8027 ram H352, a turtledove H8449, and a young H1469 pigeon H1469.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “And it shall be that the city H5892 which is nearest H7138 to the person H2491 killed H2491, that is, that the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall take H3947 a heifer H5697 of the herd H1241 that has not been worked H5647 [fn]and has not pulled H4900 in a yoke H5923;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - and the elders H2205 of that city H5892 shall bring H3381 the heifer H5697 down H3381 to a valley H5158 with running H386 water H386, which H834 has not been plowed H5647 or sown H2232, and they shall break H6202 the heifer’s H5697 neck H6202 there H8033 in the valley H5158.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - “And all H3605 the elders H2205 of that city H5892 [fn]which is nearest H7138 to the person H2491 killed H2491 shall wash H7364 their hands H3027 over H5921 the heifer H5697 whose neck H6202 was H6202 broken H6202 in the valley H5158;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,

“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?

And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”

And he said H559 to them,

“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer H5697,

You would not have found H4672 out H4672 my riddle H2420.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel H8050 said H559, “How H349 can I go H1980? When Saul H7586 hears H8085 about it, he will kill H2026 me.” But the LORD H3068 said H559, “Take H3947 a heifer H5697 H1241 [fn]with you and say H559, ‘I have come H935 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:21 -

Now on that day H3117 a person H376 may keep H2421 alive H2421 only a heifer H5697 H1241 and a pair H8147 of sheep H6629;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 -

My heart H3820 cries H2199 out H2199 for Moab H4124;

His fugitives H1281 are as far H5704 as Zoar H6820 and Eglath-shelishiyah H5700 H7992,

For they go H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of Luhith H3872 weeping H1065;

Indeed H3588, on the road H1870 to Horonaim H2773 they raise H5782 a cry H2201 of H2201 distress H2201 over their collapse H7667.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 -

“Egypt H4714 is a pretty H3304 heifer H5697,

But a [fn]horsefly H7171 is coming H935 from the north H6828—it is coming H935!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 -

“From the outcry H2201 at Heshbon H2809 to Elealeh H500, to Jahaz H3096 they have [fn]raised H5414 their voice H6963, from Zoar H6820 to Horonaim H2773, and to Eglath-shelishiyah H5700 H7992; for even H1571 the waters H4325 of Nimrim H5249 will become H1961 desolate H4923.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 -

“Because H3588 you are H8055 glad H8055, because H3588 you are H5937 jubilant H5937,

You who pillage H8154 My heritage H5159,

Because H3588 you skip H6335 about H6335 [fn]like a threshing H1758 heifer H5697

And neigh H6670 like [fn]stallions H47,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 -

The inhabitants H7934 of Samaria H8111 will fear H1481

For the [fn]calf H5697 of Beth-aven H1007.

Indeed H3588, its people H5971 will mourn H56 for it,

And its idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 [fn]will cry H1523 out H1523 over H5921 it,

Over H5921 its glory H3519, since H3588 it has left H1540 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 -

Ephraim H669 is a trained H3925 heifer H5697 that loves H157 to thresh H1758,

[fn]And I passed H5674 over H5921 her lovely H2898 neck H6677;

I will harness H7392 Ephraim H669,

Judah H3063 will plow H2790, Jacob H3290 will [fn]harrow H7702 for himself.

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