Word Study · Strong's G3448 · Greek
μόσχος
moschos
mos'-khos
Strong's 1890 spelling: móschos
“a young bullock”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a young bullock
Rendered in the KJV as
calf.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- μόσχον2
- μόσχων2
- μόσχον.¶1
- μόσχῳ,1
How it is rendered · 5
- calf2
- as a calf,1
- calf.1
- calves1
- of calves1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASM · 3
- N-GPM · 2
- N-DSM · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 15:23μόσχονmoschonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.here: calf
- Luke 15:27μόσχονmoschonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singular‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’here: calf
- Luke 15:30μόσχον.¶moschonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’here: calf.
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 9:12μόσχωνmoschōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralHe did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.here: calves
- Hebrews 9:19μόσχωνmoschōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralFor when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,here: of calves