Greek noun (masculine) · G1016
βοῦς
bousbooce
ox
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: boûs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1016is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1016
an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef")
The King James renders it: ox.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
bous is rendered "ox". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 13:15“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
Luke 13:15βοῦν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an ox3
- oxen3
- of oxen1
- ox1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βοῦν3
- βόας2
- βοῶν2
- βοῦς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2N-GPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Luke
three uses
“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
- βοῦνbounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ox
And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
- βοῦςbousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an ox
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- βοῶνboonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of oxen
John
two uses
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
- βόαςboasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: oxen
So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
- βόαςboasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: oxen
1 Corinthians
two uses
For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
- βοῦνbounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: an ox
- βοῶνboonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: oxen
1 Timothy
one use
For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
- βοῦνbounnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: An ox
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.