H5697 עֶגְלָה (ʻeglâh) eg-law'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Eglath-shelishiyah Near Zoar

A location first mentioned at Isa.15.5; only referred to as Eglath-shelishiyah (עֶגְלַת).

Strong's Definition

a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)

Derivation: feminine of H5695 (עֵגֶל);

KJV Usage: calf, cow, heifer.

TWOT Reference: 1560b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) heifer

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1151

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֶגְלָה (eg.lah) — heifer. heifer

עֶגְלַת (eg.lat) — Eglath-shelishiyah.

§ Eglath = "heifer" A place near Zoar and south of Moab

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֶגְלָה (H5697 · H5698)

noun f · עָגִיל · עֵגֶל · עָגֹל · עֲגָלָה · עֶגְלָה

Domestic Animals

female calf, heifer = female young of a cow; ► used as sacrifice

GEN 15:9 · DEU 21:3 · DEU 21:4 · DEU 21:4 · DEU 21:6 · JDG 14:18 · 1SA 16:2 · ISA 7:21 · JER 46:20 · JER 50:11 · HOS 10:5 · HOS 10:11

name

Names of People

Eglah = woman; ► wife of David

2SA 3:5 · 1CH 3:3

Reinier de Blois

עֶגְלַת שְׁלִשִׁיָּה (H5697+H7992) — עֶגְלַת שְׁלִישִׁיָּה

name

Names of Locations

Eglath-Shelishiya = town; ◄ located in Moab

ISA 15:5 · JER 48:34

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶגְלָה n.f. heifer base

עֶגְלַת n.pr.loc. (the) third Eglath, near Zoar and S. border of Moab base

Bible Occurrences (13)

15:9

21:3 21:4 21:6

14:18

16:2

7:21 15:5

46:20 48:34 50:11

10:5 10:11

Genesis 15:9

And [the LORD] said to him, Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, [each] three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.

Deuteronomy 21:3

Then the elders...... of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer... that has never been yoked or used for work,

Deuteronomy 21:4

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, {and break} its neck there by the stream.

Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the elders of the city... nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

Judges 14:18

Before sunset... on the seventh day, the men of the city said to [Samson]: What is sweeter than honey? And what [is] stronger than a lion? So he said to them: If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!

1 Samuel 16:2

How can I go? Samuel asked. Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, Take a heifer with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

Isaiah 7:21

On that day a man will raise a young cow... and two sheep,

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah.... With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament... their destruction on the road to Horonaim.