Heifer's
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 21:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No
Heb. eglah, (Deuteronomy 21:4, 6; Jeremiah 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hosea 10:11); giving milk (Isaiah 7:21); ploughing (Judges 14:18); treading out grain (Jeremiah 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34).
Heb. parah (Genesis 41:2; Numbers 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hosea 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Numbers 19:1-10; comp. Hebrews 9:13.
When used as sacrifice, must be without blemish and must not have come under the yoke
Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 21:3
An atonement for murder
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
The red heifer used for the water of separation
Deuteronomy 4:19; Hebrews 9:13
Used for draught
Judges 14:18
Used for treading out wheat
Hosea 10:11
Tractable
Hosea 10:11
Intractable
Hosea 4:16
Kine; Offering
Figurative:
Of backsliders
Hosea 4:16
Of the obedient
Hosea 10:11
HEIF'ER, noun hef'er. A young cow.
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 21:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No