Quick Definition
μόσχος, ου, ὁ, ἡ n.m. a calf
Strong's Definition
probably strengthened for oschos (a shoot); a young bullock
KJV Usage: calf
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | μοσχοποιέω
4.17 · Animals · Animals
calf the young of cattle In Greek outside of the NT μόσχος is either masculine or feminine, but in the NT the forms are either masculine (LUK 15:23) or the distinction is not indicated by the accompanying grammatical forms (HEB 9:12).
In languages spoken by cattle-raising people, the major difficulty is in finding a satisfactory generic expression, since the tendency is to be very specific in matters of age, sex, color, size, etc. Under such circumstances one can only select terms with more or less generic meanings or employ more specific expressions which seem to fit particular contexts.
LUK 15:23 · LUK 15:27 · LUK 15:30 · HEB 9:12 · HEB 9:19 · REV 4:7
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μόσχος, -ov, 6, [cf. Schmidt ch. 76, 12; Curtius p. 593]; 1. a tender, juicy, shoot; a sprout, of a plant or tree. 2. ὃ, ἡ, μ' Offspring; a. of men [(ef. fig. Eng. scion) ], a boy, a girl, esp. if fresh and delicate. Ὄ. of animals, a young one. 3. acalf, a bullock, a heifer; so everywhere in the Bible, and always mase.: Lk. xv. 23, 27, 30; Heb. ix. 12,19; Rev. iv. 7; (Sept. chiefly for 15 a bull, esp. a young bull; then for 1p3 cattle; for iv an ox or a cow; also for 53y ἃ calf). [(Eur. on.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μόσχος moschos 6x
pr. a tender branch, shoot; a young animal; a calf, young bull, Lk. 15:23, 27, 30; Heb. 12:19; Rev. 4:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μόσχος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for פָּר, also for שׁוֹר, עֵגֶל. etc.;]
a young shoot or twig.
ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring; of men;
of animals; most freq. (as always in LXX), a calf, bullock, heifer: Lk 15:23, 27, 30, He 9:12, 19, Re 4:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μόσχος. The invariable Biblical use of μόσχος in the sense of ““calf”’ is seen in such passages as P Ryl 11. 229?° (letter regarding farm stock—aA.D, 38) ἐπιμελοῦ δὲ kal τοῦ μόσχου, “do you also take care of the calf,” P Fay 121% (c. a.p. 100) καὶ τὸ δέρμα τοῦ μόσχου οὗ ἐθύ[σ]αμεν αἴτησον πα[ρὰ τοῦ] κυρτοῦ βυρσέως, ‘Sask the hunch-backed tanner for the hide of the calf that we sacrificed’ (Edd.), and P Oxy IX. 1211‘ (list of objects for a sacrifice ‘*to the most sacred Nile”—ii/A.p.) μόσχος a. In BGU V. 1188 (c. a.p. 150) it is laid ἀονη--ἀσφρα[γ]ίστους μόσχους οὐκ ἐξὸν θύειν, and consequently in P Lond 4724 (a.p. 188) (=TII. p. 22) we have a certificate of payment of a tax in respect of a calf to be sacrificed —bréypawpe τέλος μόσχου θυομένου, and in P Grenf II. 64° (ii/ili A.p.) a certificate issued by ‘‘a sealer of sacred calves” that he had examined a sacrificial calf and found it without blemish—tatpoporyooppaytoris (2. tepo—) ἐπεθεώρησα μ[ό]σχ[ο]ν θυόμενον (cf. BGU I. 250 = Chrest. 1. 87—after a.D. 130). The dim. μοσχάριον occurs in PSI VI. 600 (ii/B.c.), which also shows μοσχοτρόφος (cf. P Gurob 224—iii/B.c.). For pooxopayetpos, ‘a calfbutcher,” see P Oxy XIV. 17648 (iii/A.D.), where the editors
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μόσχος (moschos) — calf. μόσχος, ὁ, ἡ,
__B calf, young bull, which form the god Apis was believed to assume, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as feminine, heifer, young cow, μόσχους ἀμέλγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεζαὶ μ., ={ἑταῖραι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾄδειν ἐπὶ μόσχῳ for the prize of a calf (nisi to be read ἐπὶ Μόσχῳ), [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 metaphorically, boy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as feminine, girl, maid, [Refs] __B.3 any young animal, [Refs]; even of birds, μ. χελιδόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4 μ. θαλάσσιος seal, [Refs]