Word Summary
bous: an ox, a cow
Original Word: βοῦςTransliteration: bous
Phonetic Spelling: (booce)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an ox, a cow
Meaning: an ox, a cow
Strong's Concordance
ox.
Probably from the base of bosko; an ox (as grazing), i.e. An animal of that species ("beef") -- ox.
see GREEK bosko
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1016: βοῦςβοῦς,
βῶς, accusative singular
βοῦν (accusative plural
βόας,
Buttmann, 14 (13)),
ὁ,
ἡ, an ox, a cow:
Luke 13:15;
Luke 14:5, 19;
John 2:14;
1 Corinthians 9:9;
1 Timothy 5:18. (From
Homer down.)