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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 H8027 year H8027 old H8027 heifer, H5697 and a three H8027 year H8027 old H8027 female H5795 goat, H5795 and a three H8027 year H8027 old H8027 ram, H352 and a turtledove, H8449 and a young H1469 pigeon.” H1469

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “It shall be that the city H5892 which is nearest H7138 to the slain H2491 man, H2491 that is, the elders H2205 of that city, H5892 shall take H3947 a heifer H5697 of the herd, H1241 which H834 has not been worked H5647 and which H834 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 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 - “All H3605 the elders H2205 of that city H5892 [fn]which is nearest H7138 to the slain H2491 man H2491 shall wash H7364 their hands H3027 over H5921 the heifer H5697 whose neck H6202 was 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 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 of it, he will kill H2026 me.” And the LORD H3068 said, H559 “Take H3947 a heifer H5697 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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:21 - Now in that day H3117 a man H376 may keep H2421 alive H2421 a heifer H5697 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 for Moab; H4124
His fugitives H1281 are as far H5704 as Zoar H6820 and Eglath-shelishiyah, H5700 H7992
For they go H5927 up the ascent H4608 of Luhith H3872 weeping; H1065
Surely H3588 on the road H1870 to Horonaim H2773 they raise H5782 a cry H2201 of distress H2201 over their ruin. 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 even to Elealeh, H500 even to Jahaz H3096 they have [fn]raised H5414 their voice, H6963 from Zoar H6820 even 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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “Because H3588 you are glad, H8055 because H3588 you are jubilant, H5937
O 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 over H5921 it,
Over H5921 its glory, H3519 since H3588 it has departed H1540 from 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
But I will come H5674 over H5921 her fair H2898 neck H6677 with a yoke;
I will harness H7392 Ephraim, H669
Judah H3063 will plow, H2790 Jacob H3290 will harrow H7702 for himself.
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