μόσχος, μόσχου, ὁ (cf. Schmidt, chapter 76, 12; Curtius, p. 593); 1. a tender, juicy, shoot; a sprout, of a plant or tree. 2. ὁ, ἡ, μόσχος offspring; a. of men ((cf. figurative English scion)), a boy, a girl, especially if fresh and delicate. b. of animals, a young one. 3. a calf, a bullock, a heifer; so everywhere in the Bible, and always masculine: Luk_15:23; Luk_15:27; Luk_15:30; Heb_9:12; Heb_9:19; Rev_4:7; (the Sept. chiefly for τΗΜψ, a bull, especially a young bull; then for αΘΜχΘψ, cattle; for ωΡεψ, an ox or a cow; also for ςΕβΖμ, a calf). ((Euripides, on.))

μόσχος moschos 6x pr. a tender branch, shoot; a young animal; a calf, young bull, Luk_15:23 ; Luk_15:27 ; Luk_15:30 ; Heb_12:19 ; Rev_4:7

μόσχος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H6499 , also for H7794 , H5695 . etc.;] 1. a young shoot or twig. 2. ὁ , ἡ , μ ., offspring; (a) of men; (b) of animals; most freq . (as always in LXX ), a calf, bullock, heifer: Luk_15:23 ; Luk_15:27 ; Luk_15:30 , Heb_9:12 ; Heb_9:19 Rev_4:7 .†

μόσχος [page 418] The invariable Biblical use of μόσχος in the sense of calf is seen in such passages as P Ryl II. 229 .20 (letter regarding farm stock A.D. 38) ἐπιμελοῦ δὲ καὶ τοῦ μόσχου , do you also take care of the calf, P Fay 121 .18 ( c. A.D.100) καὶ τὸ δ̣[έρ ]μ̣α τοῦ μόσχου οὗ ἐθ̣υ̣[σ ]αμεν αἴτησον πα̣[ρὰ τοῦ ] κυρτοῦ βυρσέως , ask the hunch-backed tanner for the hide of the calf that we sacrificed (Edd.), and P Oxy IX. 1211 .4 (list of objects for a sacrifice to the most sacred Nile ii/A.D.) μόσχος ᾱ . In BGU V. 1 .183 ( c. A.D.150) it is laid down ἀσφρ̣α [γ ]ι̣σ̣τους μόσχους οὐ̣κ̣ ἐξὸν θύειν , and consequently in P Lond 472 .4 (A.D. 188) (= II. p, 22) we have a certificate of payment of a tax in respect of a calf to be sacrificed διέγραψε τ̣ε̣λ̣ο̣ς̣ μόσχου θυομένου , and in P Grenf II. 64 .3 (ii/iii A.D.) a certificate issued by a sealer of sacred calves that he had examined a sacrificial calf and found it without blemish ἱαιρομοσχοσφραγιστὴς ( l. ἱερο ) ἐπεθεώρησα μ [ό ]σχ [ο ]ν θυόμενον (cf. BG U I. 250 = Chrest. I, 87 after A.D. 130). The dim. μοσχάριον occurs in PSI VI. 600 (iii/B.C.), which also shows μοσχοτρόφος (cf. P Gurob 22 .44 iii/B.C.). For μοσχομάγειρος , a calf-butcher, see P Oxy XIV. 1764 .6 (iii/A.D.), where the editors in their note compare BGU I. 3 .11 (A.D. 605) χοιρομαγείρῳ , and ἰσικιομάγειρος in a Rainer papyrus ap. Wessely Wien Stud. 1902. 129 (A.D. 596)

μόσχος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for פַּר, also for שׁוֹר, עֵגֶל. etc. ;] __1. a young shoot or twig. __2. ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring; __(a) of men; __(b) of animals; most frequently (as always in LXX), a calf, bullock, heifer: Luk.15:23, 27 15:30, Heb.9:12, 19 Rev.4:7.† (AS)