H5697 - עֶגְלָה (ʻeglâh)

H5697 עֶגְלָה (ʻeglâh) eg-law'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Eglath-shelishiyah Near Zoar

A location first mentioned at Isa.15.5; only referred to as Eglath-shelishiyah (עֶגְלַת).

Strong's Definition

a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)

Derivation: feminine of H5695 (עֵגֶל);

KJV Usage: calf, cow, heifer.

TWOT Reference: 1560b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) heifer

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1151

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶגְלָה ‛eglâh BDB Definition: 1) heifer Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5695 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1560b Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (13)

15:9

21:3 21:4 21:6

14:18

16:2

7:21 15:5

46:20 48:34 50:11

10:5 10:11

Genesis 15:9

And [the LORD] said to him, Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, [each] three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.

Deuteronomy 21:3

Then the elders...... of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer... that has never been yoked or used for work,

Deuteronomy 21:4

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, {and break} its neck there by the stream.

Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the elders of the city... nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

Judges 14:18

Before sunset... on the seventh day, the men of the city said to [Samson]: What is sweeter than honey? And what [is] stronger than a lion? So he said to them: If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!

1 Samuel 16:2

How can I go? Samuel asked. Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, Take a heifer with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

Isaiah 7:21

On that day a man will raise a young cow... and two sheep,

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah.... With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament... their destruction on the road to Horonaim.