King James Bible Dictionary

1. The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isaiah 65:25). It is also rendered "cow" (Ezekiel 4:15), "ox" (Genesis 12:16).

2. The translation of a word always meaning an animal of the ox kind, without distinction of age or sex (Hosea 12:11). It is rendered "cow" (Numbers 18:17) and "ox" (Leviticus 17:3).

3. Another word is rendered in the same way (Jeremiah 31:18). It is also translated "calf" (Leviticus 9:3; Micah 6:6). It is the same word used of the "molten calf" (Exodus 32:4, 8) and "the golden calf" (1 Kings 12:28).

4. In Judges 6:25; Isaiah 34:7, the Hebrew word is different. It is the customary word for bulls offered in sacrifice. In Hosea 14:2, the Authorized Version has "calves," the Revised Version "bullocks."

BULL'OCK, noun An ox, or castrated bull. In America, it is applied to a full grown ox.

Uses of:

For sacrifice
Exodus 29:3; Exodus 29:10-14; Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:8; Leviticus 4:16; Numbers 7:87-88; Numbers 28:11-31; Numbers 4:29

For plowing
1 Samuel 14:14; 1 Kings 19:19; Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 32:20; Jeremiah 31:18

For treading out corn
Deuteronomy 25:4

With wagons
Numbers 7:3-8; 2 Samuel 6:3-6

Laws concerning:

Trespass by
Exodus 21:28-36

Theft of
Exodus 22:1-10

Rest for
Exodus 23:12

Not to be muzzled, when treading grain
Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Timothy 5:18

Not to be yoked with an ass
Deuteronomy 22:10

Twelve brazen, under the molten sea in Solomon's temple
1 Kings 7:25; 2 Chronicles 4:4; Jeremiah 52:20
Bull; Cattle

Symbolic
Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7