Bullock
תּוֹרStrong’s H8450tor
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tor is the Aramaic word usually translated “like oxen” and “bulls”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.”
Meaning
- Bull, young bull, ox (for sacrifice)
How it's translated
- like oxen 4
- bulls 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
- Ezra 3
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:32In contextAnd they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Daniel 4:33In contextThe same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
- Daniel 5:21In contextAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
- Ezra 6:9And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
- Ezra 6:17And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
- Ezra 7:17That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
Aramaic dictionary
תּוֹר tor · bullock
bull, young bull, ox (for sacrifice) Aramaic of shor (שׁוֹר "cattle" H7794)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bullock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BULL'OCK, noun
An ox, or castrated bull. In America, it is applied to a full grown ox.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.