Lexical Definition

‎שׁוֹר‎ shôwr (shore) cattle ^H:N-M
from ‎שׁוּר‎

bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for ‎שׁוּר‎).

• a bullock (as a traveller)

1) ox, bull, a head of cattle
1a) for plowing, for food, as sacrifice

See Greek: βοῦς · μόσχος · σιτευτός · ταῦρος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tor (‎ת‎ּ‎ו‎ֹ‎ר‎ "bullock" תּוֹר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: תּוֹר
‎שׁוֺר‎₇₈ noun masculine^{Neh 5:18} a head of cattle, bullock, ox, etc. (often + ‎חֲמוֺר‎, ‎שֶׂה‎, etc.); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Isa 1:3 +, construct Exod 21:35 +, suffix ‎שׁוֺרוֺ‎ Exod 20:17 +, etc.; plural ‎שְׁוָרִים‎ Hos 12:2* — usually a single head of cattle, without emphasis on sex (opposed to ‎בָּקָר‎ collective Exod 21:37*; Num 7:3): as property, spoil of war, etc. Exod 20:17 (E; Gi vExod 20:14) = Deut 5:18, compare Deut 5:14; Exod 21:33 (E) || Deut 22:4; Exod 21:37* (twice in verse) (|| ‎בָּקָר‎ of five head), Exod 22:3*; Exod 22:8*; Exod 22:9*; Exod 22:29*; Exod 23:12 (all E), Deut 22:1; Gen 49:6 (poem in J), Deut 28:31; Judg 6:4; 1Sam 12:3; Job 24:3 as licking up (‎לָחַךְ‎) grass Num 22:4 (J), feeding Ps 106:20 (in reference to golden calf), compare Isa 7:25; Isa 32:30 lowing Job 6:5 as intelligent Isa 1:3, vicious (goring ‎נָגַח‎) Exod 21:28 (3 t. in verse) + 11 t. Exod 21 (E); used in ploughing Deut 22:10, threshing Deut 25:4, compare Prov 14:4 drawing wagon Num 7:3 (P; opposed to ‎בָּקָר‎ collective); ‎׳‎‎פְּנֵי שׁ‎ Ezek 1:10 specifically of male Job 21:10 (opposed to ‎פָּרָה‎), of female Lev 22:28 (H), perhaps also Num 18:17 (P), apparently generic Deut 15:19; Deut 33:17 (poem, figurative); rarely collective Gen 32:6* (+ ‎צאֹן‎), Exod 34:19 — compare Lev 27:26 (P) — Josh 6:21; Josh 7:24 (all J), 1Sam 15:3; 1Sam 22:19 as slaughtered Prov 7:22, for food 1Sam 14:34 (twice in verse) (but v^b read ‎(אֶתֿ)אֲשֶׁר‎ with ᵐ5 Th We Dr and others), 1Kgs 1:19; 1Kgs 1:25; Deut 14:4; Lev 17:3 (H), compare Neh 5:18 (‎אֶחָד‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎), Prov 15:17 for sacrifice Judg 6:25 (‎׳‎‎פַּרהַֿשּׁ‎, text strange, compare GFM), Ps 69:32* (‎שׁוֺר פָּר‎, but join ‎פָּר‎ to v^b Bae), 2Sam 6:13; Hos 12:12*; Lev 9:4; Lev 9:18 (P), Lev 22:23; Lev 22:27 (H), Num 15:11 (P), Deut 17:1; Deut 18:3, compare Lev 7:23; Lev 9:19 ‎מִשּׁוֺר זֶבַח‎ Lev 4:10 (P); illicit sacrifice Isa 66:3.

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