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G1151 δάμαλις (dámalis)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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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.

HEB 9:13

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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+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

δάμαλις, -εως, ἡ (fem. of δαμάλης, a bullock), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָה, עֶגְלָה ;] a heifer, Heb.9:13.† (AS)

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