Word Study · Strong's H5695 · Hebrew
עֵגֶל
egel
ay-ghel
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻêgel
“a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
Rendered in the KJV as
bullock, calf.
- 35occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 28inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 35 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 28
- עֵ֣גֶל3
- עֵ֖גֶל3
- וְעֵ֨גֶל2
- עֵ֥גֶל2
- עֶגְלֵ֣י2
- בְּעֶגְלֵ֬י1
- בַּעֲגָלִ֖ים1
- הָעֵ֖גֶל1
- הָעֵ֨גֶל1
- הָעֵ֥גֶל1
- הָעֵ֔גֶל1
- הָעֵ֗גֶל1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- the calf7
- a calf of5
- a calf4
- calves2
- calves of2
- [are] like calves of1
- [the] calf of1
- [the] calves of1
- [the] male calf of1
- a male calf1
- and a male calf1
- and calf1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular7
- noun · masculine singular5
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 7
- HTd/Ncmsa · 7
- HNcmsa · 5
- HNcmpc · 3
- HR/Ncmpc · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HR/Ncmpa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 35, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 32:4עֵ֣גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”here: a calf of
- Exodus 32:8עֵ֖גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”here: a calf of
- Exodus 32:19הָעֵ֖גֶלhaegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAs Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.here: the calf
- Exodus 32:20הָעֵ֨גֶלhaegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.here: the calf
- Exodus 32:24הָעֵ֥גֶלhaegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”here: the calf
- Exodus 32:35הָעֵ֔גֶלhaegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.here: the calf
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 9:2עֵ֣גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singularHe said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.here: a male calf
- Leviticus 9:3וְעֵ֨גֶלveegelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThen speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,here: and a male calf
- Leviticus 9:8עֵ֥גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.here: [the] male calf of
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 9:16עֵ֖גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.here: a calf of
- Deuteronomy 9:21הָעֵ֗גֶלhaegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.here: the calf
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 12:28עֶגְלֵ֣יʾegleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”here: calves of
- 1 Kings 12:32לָעֲגָלִ֣יםlaagalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralAnd Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.here: to the calves
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 10:29עֶגְלֵי֙ʾegleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.here: [the] calves of
- 2 Kings 17:16עֲגָלִ֑יםʾagalimnoun · masculine pluralThey abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.here: calves
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:15וְלָעֲגָלִ֖יםvelaagalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralAnd Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.here: and for the calves
- 2 Chronicles 13:8עֶגְלֵ֣יʾegleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.here: calves of
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 29:6עֵ֑גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singularHe makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.here: a calf
- Psalms 68:30בְּעֶגְלֵ֬יbeegleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.here: with calves of
- Psalms 106:19עֵ֥גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singularAt Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.here: a calf
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:6וְעֵ֨גֶלveegelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThe wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.here: and calf
- Isaiah 27:10עֵ֛גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singularFor the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.here: a calf
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 31:18כְּעֵ֖גֶלkeegelpreposition + noun · masculine singularI have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.here: like a calf
- Jeremiah 34:18הָעֵ֙גֶל֙haegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.here: the calf
- Jeremiah 34:19הָעֵֽגֶל׃haegelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,here: the calf
- Jeremiah 46:21כְּעֶגְלֵ֣יkeegleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.here: [are] like calves of
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 8:5עֶגְלֵ֣ךְʾeglekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularHe has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?here: calf your
- Hosea 8:6עֵ֖גֶלʾegelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.here: [the] calf of
- Hosea 13:2עֲגָלִ֖יםʾagalimnoun · masculine pluralNow they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”here: calves