Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5697
עֶגְלָה
eglaheg-law'
heifer; Eglath-shelishiyah
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻeglâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5697is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5697
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
The King James renders it: calf, cow, heifer.
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
eglah is rendered "heifer; Eglath-shelishiyah". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "heifer".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:9And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
Genesis 15:9עֶגְלָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: heifer, and Eglath-shelishiyah.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| heiferStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 15:9And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old… |
| Eglath-shelishiyahStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a heifer3
- a heifer of3
- the heifer3
- Eglath2
- for heifers of1
- like a heifer1
- with heifer my1
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.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- הָעֶגְלָ֖ה2
- עֶגְלַ֣ת2
- בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י1
- הָֽעֶגְלָה֙1
- כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה1
- לְעֶגְלוֹת֙1
- עֶגְלָ֣ה1
- עֶגְלָ֥ה1
- עֶגְלָ֤ה1
- עֶגְלַ֤ת1
- עֶגְלַ֥ת1
- עֶגְלַ֖ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
- proper noun (a name)2HNpl
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
Genesis
one use
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
- עֶגְלָ֣הʾeglahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a heifer
Deuteronomy
four uses
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
- עֶגְלַ֣תʾeglatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a heifer of
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
- הָֽעֶגְלָה֙haeglahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the heifer
- הָעֶגְלָ֖הhaeglahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the heifer
Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
- הָעֶגְלָ֖הhaeglahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the heifer
Judges
one use
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
- בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔יbeeglatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: with heifer my
1 Samuel
one use
“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
- עֶגְלַ֤תʾeglatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a heifer of
Isaiah
two uses
On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
- עֶגְלַ֥תʾeglatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a heifer of
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- עֶגְלַ֣תʾeglatproper noun (a name)tagged: Eglath
Jeremiah
three uses
Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
- עֶגְלָ֥הʾeglahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a heifer
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
- עֶגְלַ֖תʾeglatproper noun (a name)tagged: Eglath
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
- כְּעֶגְלָ֣הkeeglahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: like a heifer
Hosea
two uses
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
- לְעֶגְלוֹת֙leeglotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for heifers of
Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
- עֶגְלָ֤הʾeglahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a heifer
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.