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Strong's G1151 δάμαλις (damalis)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1151 — benammi in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1151
Language Greek
Linked Usages 39
Books 15

Strong's G1151 Quick Answer

Strong's G1151 δάμαλις (damalis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. damalis (dam'-al-is) n. 1. a heifer (as tame) [probably from the base of G1150] It has 39 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include heifer. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
damalis (dam'-al-is) n. 1. a heifer (as tame) [probably from the base of G1150]
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
heifer

Meaning and Definition

damalis (dam'-al-is) n. 1. a heifer (as tame) [probably from the base of G1150] KJV: heifer Root(s): G1150

Original Word
δάμαλις
Transliteration
damalis
Derivation
Root: δαμάζω R1: 1150
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1151. 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)

heifer

Usage: δάμαλις, -εως, ἡ (fem. of δαμάλης, a bullock), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָה, עֶגְלָה ;] a heifer, Heb.9:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1151 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render damalis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

heifer Hebrews 9:13

How Strong's G1151 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 37 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 G1151 (δάμαλις) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1151 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 G1151 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Hebrews 9:13 KJV

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Strong's G1151 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 15:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said to him, Take for me a heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.

Numbers 7:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 7:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And for a sacrifice, a peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

Strong's G1151 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 38:26 Septuagint / Brenton

He giveth his mind to make furrows; And is diligent to give the kine fodder.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1151.

Genesis 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Take for me a heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
Numbers 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice, a peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Numbers 7:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 7:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 7:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 7:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Numbers 7:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 7:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers 7:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers 7:71 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old. This was the gift of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 7:77 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Numbers 7:83 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Ahira the son of Enan.
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 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for thee a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put.
Numbers 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool, and they shall cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification.
Numbers 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that gathers up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute for the children of Israel and for the strangers joined to them.
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 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall slay the heifer in the valley.
Deuteronomy 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;
Judges 14:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and Samson said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye would not have known my riddle.
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.
1 Kingdoms 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hastened and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.
3 Kingdoms 12:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
hitherto to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
3 Kingdoms 12:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
4 Kingdoms 10:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless Jehu departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin: these were the golden heifers in Bethel and in Dan.
4 Kingdoms 17:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves graven images, even two heifers, and they made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Psalms 67:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: Let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, So that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: Scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.
Isaiah 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer’s yoke:
Isaiah 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.
Isaiah 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Zoar; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Eglath they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Horonaim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.
Jeremiah 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Egypt is a fair heifer, but destruction from the north is come upon her.
Hosea 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
Hosea 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will Mount Ephraim; I will pass over Judah in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.
Joel 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the winepresses are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Amos 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.
Hebrews 9:13 New Testament, KJV
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Wisdom of Sirach 38:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He giveth his mind to make furrows; And is diligent to give the kine fodder.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1151, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1151 FAQ

What does damalis (δάμαλις) mean?

Damalis (Strong's G1151) is a Greek word most simply glossed "heifer". damalis (dam'-al-is) n. 1. a heifer (as tame) [probably from the base of G1150]

How many times is damalis (δάμαλις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G1151 across 15 books.

Where can I study damalis (δάμαλις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1151 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate damalis (δάμαλις)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heifer. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1151 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 37 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1151, with linked reader references where each row is available.