Heb. bakar, "cattle;" "neat cattle", (Gen. 12:16; 34:28; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12, etc.); not to be muzzled when treading the corn (Deut. 25:4). Referred to by our Lord in his reproof to the Pharisees (Luke 13:15; 14:5).
·noun The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
There was no animal in the rural economy of the Israelites, or indeed in that of the ancient Orienta...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mentioned only in Judg. 3:31, the weapon with which Shamgar (q.v.) slew six hundred Philistines. "Th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
He must go through the ox house to bed; a saying of an old fellow who marries a young girl. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
an ox, or cow-stall. Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A small cloud, or weather-gall, seen on the coast of Africa, which presages a severe storm. It appea...
The Sailor's Word-Book