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Strong's G1016 βοῦς (bous)

Bous means “ox” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1016 — beythdagon in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1016
Language Greek
Linked Usages 170
Books 31

Strong's G1016 Quick Answer

Strong's G1016 βοῦς (bous) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bous (bous`) n. 1. an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef") [probably from the base of G1006] It has 170 linked Bible usages across 31 books. Visible English usage signals include oxen, lord, sheep, offering, and herd. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
bous (bous`) n. 1. an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef") [probably from the base of G1006]
Usage
170 linked usages
Books
31 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
oxen, lord, sheep, offering, and herd

Meaning and Definition

bous (bous`) n. 1. an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef") [probably from the base of G1006] KJV: ox Root(s): G1006

Original Word
βοῦς
Transliteration
bous
Derivation
Root: βόσκω R1: 1006
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1016. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

ox

Usage: βοῦς, βοός, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for בָּקָר ;] an ox, a cow: Luk.13:15 14:5, 19 Jhn.2:14, 15 1Co.9:9" (LXX), 1Ti.5:18.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

oxen lord sheep offering herd burnt shalt whole calf cattle seven year

How Strong's G1016 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 158 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1016 (βοῦς) appears 177 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1016 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1016 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G1016 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

158 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 13:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.

Genesis 18:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hastened to dress it.

Genesis 26:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.

Strong's G1016 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1016.

Genesis 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.
Genesis 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hastened to dress it.
Genesis 26:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 30:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and maidservants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
Genesis 32:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
Genesis 33:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
Genesis 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.
Genesis 41:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.
Genesis 41:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and fed by the other cows on the bank of the river.
Genesis 41:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the seven ill-favored and lean cows devoured the seven well-favored and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis 41:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favored and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.
Genesis 41:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the seven ill-favored and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows.
Genesis 41:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharaoh is one.
Genesis 41:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine.
Genesis 45:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia; and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, thy sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.
Genesis 46:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their kine, and all their property.
Genesis 47:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, saying, My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Canaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 47:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.
Genesis 50:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Goshen.
Exodus 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
Exodus 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.
Exodus 10:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only leave your sheep and your oxen, and let your store depart with you.
Exodus 12:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you.
Exodus 12:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.
Exodus 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.
Exodus 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.
Exodus 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.
Exodus 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed.
Exodus 29:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;
Exodus 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let no one go up with thee, nor be seen in all the mountain; and let not the sheep and oxen feed near that mountain.
Leviticus 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If any man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, ye shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep.
Leviticus 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If his gift be a whole burnt offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord.
Leviticus 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift to the Lord be a peace offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.
Leviticus 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if the anointed priest sin so as to cause the people to sin, then shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned, an unblemished calf of the herd to the Lord for his sin.
Leviticus 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the sin wherein they have sinned should become known to them, then shall the congregation bring an unblemished calf of the herd for a sin offering, and they shall bring it to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats.
Leviticus 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Moses said to Aaron, Take to thyself a young calf of the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a whole burnt offering, unblemished, and offer them before the Lord.
Leviticus 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shall Aaron enter into the holy place; with a calf of the herd for a sin offering, and having a ram for a whole burnt offering.
Leviticus 27:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatsoever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.
Numbers 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought their gift before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon from two princes, and a calf from each: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
Numbers 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
Numbers 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their ministrations.
Numbers 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering;
Numbers 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:63 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:69 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:75 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:81 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering,
Numbers 7:87 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the cattle for whole burnt offerings, twelve calves, twelve rams, twelve he-lambs of a year old, and their meat offerings, and their drink offerings: and twelve kids of the goats for sin offering.
Numbers 7:88 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the cattle for a sacrifice of peace offering, twenty-four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats of a year old, sixty ewe lambs of a year old without blemish: this is the dedication of the altar, after that Moses consecrated Aaron, and after he anointed him.
Numbers 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin offering.
Numbers 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?
Numbers 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou wilt offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a meat offering to perform a vow, or a freewill offering, or to offer in your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savor to the Lord, whether of the herd or the flock:
Numbers 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye sacrifice a bullock from the herd for a whole burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow or a peace offering to the Lord,
Numbers 15:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass, if a trespass be committed unwillingly, unknown to the congregation, then shall all the congregation offer a calf of the herd without blemish for a whole burnt offering of sweet savor to the Lord, and its meat offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Numbers 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the new moons ye shall bring a whole burnt offering to the Lord, two calves of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish.
Numbers 28:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall bring whole burnt offerings, a sacrifice to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you without blemish.
Numbers 28:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye shall bring whole burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs without blemish.
Numbers 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall offer whole burnt offerings for a sweet savor to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish.
Numbers 29:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall bring near whole burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord; burnt sacrifices to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you without blemish.
Numbers 29:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall bring near whole burnt offerings, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord, on the first day thirteen calves of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old; they shall be without blemish.
Numbers 31:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and ye shall take from their half.
Numbers 31:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
Numbers 31:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and oxen, seventy-two thousand:
Numbers 31:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord, seventy-two.
Numbers 31:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;
Deuteronomy 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do in it no work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of thee; that thy manservant may rest, and thy maid, and thine ox, as well as thou.
Deuteronomy 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any beast of his, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
Deuteronomy 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, on the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers to give to thee.
Deuteronomy 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thy oxen and thy sheep are multiplied to thee, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied to thee, and all thy possessions are multiplied to thee,
Deuteronomy 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall carry thither your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your firstfruits, and your vowed offerings, and your freewill offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the firstborn of your herds, and of your flocks.
Deuteronomy 12:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not be able to eat in thy cities the tithe of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the firstborn of thy herd and of thy flock, and all your vows as many as ye shall have vowed, and your thank offerings, and the firstfruits of thy hands.
Deuteronomy 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the place be far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which God shall have given thee, even as I commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.
Deuteronomy 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the beasts which ye shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;
Deuteronomy 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the firstborn of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
Deuteronomy 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or thou shalt lay it out on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house,
Deuteronomy 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every firstborn that shall be born among thy kine and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord thy God; thou shalt not work with thy firstborn calf, and thou shalt not shear the firstborn of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt sacrifice the Passover to the Lord thy God, sheep and oxen in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called upon it.
Deuteronomy 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not labored, and which has not borne a yoke.
Deuteronomy 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn.
Deuteronomy 28:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, and the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall eat up the young of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land, so as not to leave to thee corn, wine, oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, until it shall have destroyed thee;
Deuteronomy 32:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs and rams, Of calves and kids, With fat of kidneys of wheat; And he drank wine, the blood of the grape.
Judges 3:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after him rose up Shamgar the son of Anath, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a plowshare such as is drawn by oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
1 Kingdoms 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do ye yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead away the calves from behind them home.
1 Kingdoms 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistines did so; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time, and yoked them to the wagon, and shut up their calves at home.
1 Kingdoms 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Beth-shemesh, they went along one track; and labored, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Beth-shemesh.
1 Kingdoms 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wagon entered into the field of Joshua, which was in Beth-shemesh, and they set there by it a great stone; and they split the wood of the wagon, and offered up the cows for a whole burnt offering to the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man.
1 Kingdoms 14:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and slew them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
1 Kingdoms 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said, What then is the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
1 Kingdoms 15:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalek, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
1 Kingdoms 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and slay me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in thy hand and thou shalt say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
2 Kingdoms 17:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.
2 Kingdoms 24:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes: behold, here are oxen for a whole burnt offering, and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood.
2 Kingdoms 24:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Araunah, Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
3 Kingdoms 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
3 Kingdoms 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were inward, and the sea was above upon them.
3 Kingdoms 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.
3 Kingdoms 7:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.
3 Kingdoms 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king and all Israel were occupied before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, without number.
3 Kingdoms 8:63 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
3 Kingdoms 18:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire on the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire.
3 Kingdoms 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed thence, and finds Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he was plowing with oxen; there were twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelve, and he passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
3 Kingdoms 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha left the cattle, and ran after Elijah and said, I will kiss my father, and follow after thee. And Elijah said, Return, for I have done a work for thee.
3 Kingdoms 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he returned from following him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
4 Kingdoms 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and rent them into two pieces.
4 Kingdoms 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whence comest thou, Gehazi? and Gehazi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisha said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
4 Kingdoms 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1016, grouped by book.

Genesis 22 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 34 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1016 FAQ

What does bous (βοῦς) mean?

Bous (Strong's G1016) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ox". bous (bous`) n. 1. an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef") [probably from the base of G1006]

How many times is bous (βοῦς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 170 linked usages for Strong's G1016 across 31 books.

Where can I study bous (βοῦς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1016 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate bous (βοῦς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as oxen, lord, sheep, offering, herd, and burnt. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1016 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 158 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1016, with linked reader references where each row is available.