moschos · calf

What it means

moschos (μόσχος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “calf”.

Young bull.

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. The young of a cow, a valuable animal for a feast or a sacrifice.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

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

• calf ×4
• calves ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Luke×3
• Hebrews×2
• Revelation×1

• Luke 15:23

  and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate,

• Luke 15:27

  And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’

• Luke 15:30

  but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’

• Hebrews 9:12

  not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.

• Hebrews 9:19

  For when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the calves with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

• Revelation 4:7

  And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.