Greek noun (masculine) · G3448
μόσχος
moschosmos'-khos
a young shoot or twig.; ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: móschos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3448is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3448
a young bullock
The King James renders it: calf.
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
moschos is rendered "a young shoot or twig.; ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a young shoot or twig.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
Luke 15:23μόσχον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a young shoot or twig., and ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a young shoot or twig. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. |
| ὁ, ἡ, μ., offspring__(a) of men | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μοσχοποιέω | moschopoieo | to make a calf | Uses1 |
All 6, 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
- μόσχον2
- μόσχων2
- μόσχον.¶1
- μόσχῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2N-GPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
Luke
three uses
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
- μόσχονmoschonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: calf
‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
- μόσχονmoschonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: calf
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- μόσχον.¶moschonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: calf
Hebrews
two uses
He 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.
- μόσχωνmoschonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: calves
For 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,
- μόσχωνmoschonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of calves
Revelation
one use
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
- μόσχῳmoschonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: as a calf
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.