BULLOCK

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

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

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

(4.) In Judg. 6:25; Isa. 34:7, Isa. 34: the Hebrew word is different. It is the customary word for bulls offered in sacrifice. In Hos. 14:2, Hos. 14: the Authorized Version has "calves," the Revised Version "bullocks."