Ox

Usually translated “ox” and “oxen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• an ox 3
• oxen 3
• ox 1
• of oxen 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Luke 3
• John 2
• 1 Corinthians 1
• 1 Timothy 1

4 books in all.

• Cattle (shor)
• Cattle (baqar)
• Wild ox (reem)

• Luke 13:15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
• Luke 14:5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
• Luke 14:19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
• John 2:14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
• John 2:15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
• 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “ox” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.