Quick Definition
δάμαλις, εως, ἡ n.f. a heifer
Strong's Definition
a heifer (as tame)
Derivation: probably from the base of G1150 (δαμάζω);
KJV Usage: heifer
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | δαμάζω
4.18 · Animals · Animals
heifer the young female of cattle A δάμαλις ‘heifer’ would be older and bigger than a calf but younger than a cow, since ‘heifer’ refers to a cow before she has been impregnated or given birth to her first calf.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δάμαλις, -ews, ἡ, (fem. of ὁ δαμάλης a young bullock or steer), a@ young cow, heifer, (Aeschyl., Dion. Hal., Leian., al.); used in Num. xix. 2, 6, 9 sq. for 779 and in Heb. ix. 13 of the red heifer with whose ashes, by the Mosaic law, those were to be sprinkled who had become defiled. (Besides in Sept. chiefly for may.) te
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δάμαλις damalis 1x
a heifer, young cow, Heb. 9:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δάμαλις, -εως, ἡ
(fem. of δαμάλης, a bullock), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָה, עֶגְלָה ;]
a heifer, He 9:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δάμαλις is found ¢ev in a Coan inscription Sy// 617. See also the Mysteries inscription from Andania, Sy// 653°4 (B.c. 91) Meyddots θεοῖς δάμαλιν σῦν, so %. A diminutive is found in P Flor 11. 150? (A.D. 267) τὰ βούδια ὅσα ἔχεις. .. Hre δαμάλια ἤτε μείζονα. Δάμαλις is found as a proper name for Athenian women: see Pape Wort. α΄. gr. ELigennamen s.v., Renan Saint Paul, p. 209 n°.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δάμαλις (damalis) — heifer. δᾰμᾰλ-ις, εως, ἡ (ὁ [Refs 1st c.BC+], (δαμάζω) young cow, heifer, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Io, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. δ. σῦς [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. girl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
