Móschos — G3448

Definition

masculine noun

a young bullock

1. a tender, juicy, shoot
2. ὁ, ἡ, μόσχος offspring
1. of men , a boy, a girl, especially if fresh and delicate
2. of animals, a young one
3. a calf, a bullock, a heifer

Usually translated as

calf

Origin

probably strengthened for óschos (a shoot)

Occurrences

Móschos occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (3), Hebrews (2), Revelation (1)

• Luke 15:23 — And bring hither the fatted calf (μόσχον), and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
• Luke 15:27 — And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf (μόσχον), because he hath received him safe and sound.
• Luke 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf (μόσχον).
• Hebrews 9:12 — Neither by the blood of goats and calves (μόσχων), but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
• Hebrews 9:19 — For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves (μόσχων) and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
• Revelation 4:7 — And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf (μόσχῳ), and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.