Quick Definition
ταῦρος, ου, ὁ n.m. a bull, an ox
Strong's Definition
a bullock
Derivation: apparently a primary word (compare H08450, "steer");
KJV Usage: bull, ox
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
4.16 · Animals · Animals
bull male bovine; large ruminant animal with horns and cloven hoofs; used for sacrifice and for meat, as a beast of burden, or for pulling a cart or a plow In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘bull’ is simply a generic term for cattle to which is added a specific designation such as ‘male.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταῦρος, -ov, ὁ, [fr. τ. meaning ‘thick’, ‘stout’ ; allied w. σταυρός, q. v.; ef. Vanicek p. 1127 ; Fick Pt. i. p. 246. Cf. Eng. steer], fr. Hom. down, Sept. for WWW, a bull (ox): Mt. xxii.4; Acts xiv. 13; Heb. ix.13; x, 4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταῦρος tauros 4x
a bull, ox, Mt. 22:4; Acts 14:13; Heb. 9:13; 10:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταῦρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוֹר ;]
a bull: Mt 22:4, Ac 14:13, He 9:13 10:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταῦρος, ‘a bull,” ‘fan οχ᾽᾿: P Oxy I. 12174 (iii/A.p.) περεὶ τῶν ταύρων ἐργαζέσθωσαν, ‘as to the oxen, make them work.” From the adj. form ταυρικός (not in 1,58) comes τὸ ταυρικόν, ““the oxen,’’ as in P Fay 11516 (A.D. 101) πέμσις pv φειρι τῶι ταυρικῶι, ‘‘send me a strap (Ὁ) for the oxen’’ (Edd.): see also PSI IV. 42928 (iii/B.c.) περὶ ταυρικῶν ζευγῶν tB, P Flor II. 1341 (A.D. 260) (with the editor’s note), which also shows ταυρελάτης, and P Ryl II. 240° (iii/a.D.) παράσχες χό[ρ]τον τῷ ταυρικῴῷ. The classical adj. ταύρειος is found in the medical prescription P Oxy 11. 2344 (ii/iii A.p.) χολῇ ταυρείᾳ, ““ gall of an ox.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ταῦρος (tauros) — bull. ταῦρος, ὁ, bull, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a sacrifice to Poseidon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν τ., oracularly of Agamemnon and his wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. priest of Poseidon Taureios, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. a kind of Lycian boat with bull as figurehead, postulated to explain Europa's bull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. the bull as a sign of the Zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. ={κοχώνη}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: also the pudenda muliebria, [Refs 9th c.AD+]: the male αἰδοῖον, [Refs] (Cf. Latin taurus, Lithuanian tauras, Slavonic tur[ucaron], etc.)