bous · ox

What it means

bous (βοῦς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “ox”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A large working animal that pulled the plow and was sold for sacrifices.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ox ×4
• cattle ×2
• oxen ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

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

• Luke 13:15

  But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away and give it water?

• Luke 14:5

  And to them he said, “Whose son or ox among you will fall into a well, and he will not at once pull him out on the day of the Sabbath?”

• Luke 14:19

  And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; I ask you, have me excused.’

• John 2:14

  And in the temple he found those who were selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.

• John 2:15

  And making a whip out of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle; and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

• 1 Corinthians 9:9

  For in the law of Moses it is written: You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. It is not for the oxen that God cares, is it?

• 1 Timothy 5:18

  For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

And 1 more times.