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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7794

שׁוֹר

shorshore

cattle

79 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shôwr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7794is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 49
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7794

a bullock (as a traveller)

The King James renders it: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for H7791 (שׁוּר)).

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

shor is rendered "cattle". It stands 79 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Twenty-four of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 32:5I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
  • The Greek text spells it forty-nine different ways.

The first use

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

Genesis 32:5שׁ֣וֹר

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-four of the word's seventy-nine uses are in Exodus.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • an ox23
  • the ox13
  • ox7
  • ox his6
  • ox of6
  • and an ox5
  • ox your3
  • from an ox2
  • more than an ox2
  • a cow1
  • and ox1
  • and ox his1

and 9 more, 79 uses in all

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.

שׁוֹפָרshophartrumpetUses72
שׁוֹעֵרshoergatekeeperUses37
שׁוֹקshoqlegUses19
שׁוֹטshotwhipUses11
שׁוֹעַshoarichUses3
שׁוֹלָלsholalbarefootUses3

The words it stands beside

All 79, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

49 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

  • שׁ֥וֹר10
  • שׁ֣וֹר9
  • הַשּׁ֖וֹר3
  • הַשּׁוֹר֙3
  • הַשּׁ֔וֹר3
  • מִשּׁ֥וֹר2
  • שׁוֹר֙2
  • שׁ֡וֹר2
  • שׁ֖וֹר2
  • שֽׁוֹר׃2
  • שׁוֹר֣וֹ2
  • שׁוֹר֜וֹ2

and 37 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular31HNcmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular13HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular6HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular6HR/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc

Genesis

two uses
  • I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

    Genesis 32:5

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox
  • May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

    Genesis 49:6

    • שֽׁוֹר׃shornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox

Exodus

twenty-four uses
  • You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

    Exodus 20:17

    • וְשׁוֹר֣וֹveshoroconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and ox his
  • If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

    Exodus 21:28

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
    • הַשּׁ֗וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
    • הַשּׁ֖וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

    Exodus 21:29

    • שׁוֹר֩shornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
    • הַשּׁוֹר֙hashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

    Exodus 21:32

    • הַשּׁ֖וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
    • וְהַשּׁ֖וֹרvehashorconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the ox
  • If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

    Exodus 21:33

    • שּׁ֖וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.

    Exodus 21:35

    • שֽׁוֹר־shor-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ox of
    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ox of
    • הַשּׁ֤וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

    Exodus 21:36

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
    • שׁוֹר֙shornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
    • הַשּׁ֔וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

    Exodus 22:1

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
    • הַשּׁ֔וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

    Exodus 22:4

    • מִשּׁ֧וֹרmishorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from an ox
  • In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

    Exodus 22:9

    • שׁ֡וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

    Exodus 22:10

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

    Exodus 22:30

    • לְשֹׁרְךָ֖leshorekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to ox your
  • If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

    Exodus 23:4

    • שׁ֧וֹרshornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ox of
  • For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

    Exodus 23:12

    • שֽׁוֹרְךָ֙shorkhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ox your
  • The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.

    Exodus 34:19

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox

Leviticus

ten uses
  • just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

    Leviticus 4:10

    • מִשּׁ֖וֹרmishorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from ox of
  • “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

    Leviticus 7:23

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • an ox and a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’”

    Leviticus 9:4

    • וְשׁ֨וֹרveshorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an ox
  • Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.

    Leviticus 9:18

    • הַשּׁוֹר֙hashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—

    Leviticus 9:19

    • הַשּׁ֑וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it

    Leviticus 17:3

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

    Leviticus 22:23

    • וְשׁ֥וֹרveshorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an ox
  • “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Leviticus 22:27

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.

    Leviticus 22:28

    • וְשׁ֖וֹרveshorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an ox
  • But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

    Leviticus 27:26

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox

Numbers

four uses
  • They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.

    Numbers 7:3

    • וְשׁ֣וֹרveshorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an ox
  • This is to be done for each bull, ram, lamb, or goat.

    Numbers 15:11

    • לַשּׁוֹר֙lashorpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the bull
  • But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 18:17

    • שׁ֡וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: a cow
  • So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

    Numbers 22:4

    • הַשּׁ֔וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox

Deuteronomy

twelve uses
  • but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

    Deuteronomy 5:14

    • וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨veshorkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and ox your
  • You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

    Deuteronomy 5:21

    • שׁוֹר֣וֹshoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ox his
  • These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

    Deuteronomy 14:4

    • שׁ֕וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

    Deuteronomy 15:19

    • שׁוֹרֶ֔ךָshorekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ox your
  • You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 17:1

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

    Deuteronomy 18:3

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox
  • If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

    Deuteronomy 22:1

    • שׁ֨וֹרshornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ox of
  • If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

    Deuteronomy 22:4

    • שׁוֹרוֹ֙shoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ox his
  • Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

    Deuteronomy 22:10

    • בְּשׁוֹר־beshor-preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with an ox
  • Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

    Deuteronomy 25:4

    • שׁ֖וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

    Deuteronomy 28:31

    • שׁוֹרְךָ֞shorkhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ox your
  • His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

    Deuteronomy 33:17

    • שׁוֹר֜וֹshoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ox his

Joshua

two uses
  • At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

    Joshua 6:21

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox
  • Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

    Joshua 7:24

    • שׁוֹרוֹ֩shoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ox his

Judges

two uses
  • encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.

    Judges 6:4

    • וָשׁ֖וֹרvashorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an ox
  • On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

    Judges 6:25

    • הַשּׁוֹר֙hashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox

1 Samuel

five uses
  • Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

    1 Samuel 12:3

    • שׁוֹר֩׀shornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ox of
  • Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

    1 Samuel 14:34

    • שׁוֹר֜וֹshoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ox his
    • שׁוֹר֧וֹshoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ox his
  • Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

    1 Samuel 15:3

    • מִשּׁ֣וֹרmishorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from an ox
  • He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

    1 Samuel 22:19

    • וְשׁ֧וֹרveshorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and ox

2 Samuel

one use
  • When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

    2 Samuel 6:13

    • שׁ֖וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox

1 Kings

two uses
  • And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

    1 Kings 1:19

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox
  • For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

    1 Kings 1:25

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox

Nehemiah

one use
  • Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

    Nehemiah 5:18

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox

Job

three uses
  • Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

    Job 6:5

    • שּׁ֝֗וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

    Job 21:10

    • שׁוֹר֣וֹshoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bull his
  • They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

    Job 24:3

    • שׁ֣וֹרshornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ox of

Psalms

two uses
  • And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

    Psalms 69:31

    • מִשּׁ֥וֹרmishorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than an ox
  • They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

    Psalms 106:20

    • שׁ֝֗וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox

Proverbs

three uses
  • He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

    Proverbs 7:22

    • כְּ֭שׁוֹרkeshorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like an ox
  • Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

    Proverbs 14:4

    • שֽׁוֹר׃shornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

    Proverbs 15:17

    • מִשּׁ֥וֹרmishorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than an ox

Isaiah

four uses
  • The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

    Isaiah 1:3

    • שׁוֹר֙shornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox
  • For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

    Isaiah 7:25

    • שׁ֔וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: ox
  • Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

    Isaiah 32:20

    • הַשּׁ֖וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox
  • Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

    Isaiah 66:3

    • הַשּׁ֜וֹרhashorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the ox

Ezekiel

one use
  • The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

    Ezekiel 1:10

    • שׁ֥וֹרshornoun · masculine singulartagged: an ox

Hosea

one use
  • Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

    Hosea 12:11

    • שְׁוָרִ֣יםshevarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: bulls

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