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G5022 ταῦρος (taûros)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

a bull, an ox

Strong's Definition

a bullock

Derivation: apparently a primary word (compare H08450, "steer");

KJV Usage: bull, ox

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ταῦρος, ταύρου, ὁ (from the root meaning 'thick', 'stout'; allied with σταυρός, which see; cf. Vanicek, p. 1127; Fick Part i., p. 246. Cf. English steer), from Homer down, the Sept. for ωΡεψ, a bull (ox): Mat_22:4; Act_14:13; Heb_9:13; Heb_10:4.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ταῦρος tauros 4x a bull, ox, Mat_22:4 ; Act_14:13 ; Heb_9:13 ; Heb_10:4

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ταῦρος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H7794 ;] a bull: Mat_22:4 , Act_14:13 , Heb_9:13 ; Heb_10:4 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ταῦρος [page 626] a bull, an ox : P Oxy I. 121 .14 (iii/A.D.) περεὶ τῶν ταύρων ἐργαζέσθωσαν , as to the oxen, make them work. From the adj. form ταυρικός (not in LS 8 ) comes τὸ ταυρικόν , the oxen, as in P Fay 115 .16 (A.D. 101) πέμσις μυ ω̣ειρι τῶι ταυρικῶι , send me a strap (?) for the oxen (Edd.) : see also PSI IV. 429 .25 (iii/B.C.) περὶ ταυρικῶν ζευγῶν ῑβ̄ , P Flor II. 134 .1 (A.D. 260) (with the editor s note), which also shows ταυρελάτης , and P Ryl II. 240 .5 (iii/A.D.) παράσχες χ̣ο̣[ρ ]τον τῷ ταυρικῷ . The classical adj. ταύρειος is found in the medical prescription P Oxy II. 234 .45 (ii/iii A.D.) χολῇ ταυρείᾳ , gall of an ox.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ταῦρος ταῦρος, ὁ, "a bull", Hom. , etc.: also ταῦρος βοῦς, like σῦς κάπρος, κίρκος ἵρηξ, Il. :— ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν ταῦρον, oracularly of Agamemnon and his wife, Aesch.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ταῦρος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹר ;] a bull: Mat.22:4, Act.14:13, Heb.9:13 10:4.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

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