Calf
עֵ֫גֶלStrong’s H5695egel (e-gel)
Appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Egel is the Hebrew word usually translated “calf”, “calf of” and “calves of”. It appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
Meaning
- Calf, bull-calf
How it's translated
- the calf 7
- a calf of 5
- a calf 4
- calves of 3
- calves 2
- like calves of 2
- a male calf 1
- and a male calf 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- Jeremiah 4
- Leviticus 3
- Psalms 3
- Hosea 3
- Deuteronomy 2
16 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 32:8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 32:19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
- Exodus 32:20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
- Exodus 32:24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
- Exodus 32:35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
- Leviticus 9:2And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
All 35 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עֵ֫גֶל egel · calf
calf, bull-calf
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “calf” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CALF, noun
- The young of the cow, or of the bovine genus of quadrupeds.
- In contempt, a dolt; an ignorant, stupid person; a weak or cowardly man.
- The thick fleshy part of the leg behind; so called from its protuberance.
- The calves of the lips, in Hosea, signify the pure offerings of prayer, praise and thanks-giving.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.