Bible Concordances
Ox, the

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Often found wild
  Deuteronomy 14:5

• INCLUDES THE
  • Bull
    Genesis 32:15; Job 21:10
  • Bullock
    Psalm 50:9; Jeremiah 46:21
  • Cow
    Numbers 18:17; Job 21:10
  • Heifer
    Genesis 15:9; Numbers 19:2

• Was clean and fit for food
  Deuteronomy 14:4

• DESCRIBED AS
  • Strong
    Psalm 144:14; Proverbs 14:4
  • Beautiful
    Jeremiah 46:20; Hosea 10:11
  • Not without sagacity
    Isaiah 1:3

• Horns and hoofs of, alluded to
  Psalm 69:31

• Lowing of, alluded to
  1 Samuel 15:14; Job 6:5

• WAS FED
  • With grass
    Job 40:15; Psalm 106:20; Daniel 4:25
  • With corn
    Isaiah 30:24
  • With straw
    Isaiah 11:7
  • On the hills
    Isaiah 7:25
  • In the valleys
    1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 65:10
  • In stalls
    Habakkuk 3:17

• Rapid manner of collecting its food alluded to
  Numbers 22:4

• Formed a part of the patriarchal wealth
  Genesis 13:2,5; 26:14; Job 1:3

• Formed a part of the wealth of Israel in Egypt
  Genesis 50:8; Exodus 10:9; 12:32

• Formed a part of the wealth of the Jews
  Numbers 32:4; Psalm 144:14

• Required great care and attention
  Proverbs 27:23

• Herdmen appointed over
  Genesis 13:7; 1 Samuel 21:7

• Urged on by the goad
  Judges 3:31

• USED FOR
  • Drawing wagons &c
    Numbers 7:3; 1 Samuel 6:7
  • Carrying burdens
    1 Chronicles 12:40
  • Ploughing
    1 Kings 19:19; Job 1:14; Amos 6:12
  • Earing the ground
    Isaiah 30:24; 32:20
  • Treading out the corn
    Hosea 10:11
  • Sacrifice
    Exodus 20:24; 2 Samuel 24:22
  • Food
    1 Kings 1:9; 19:21; 2 Chronicles 18:2

• Often stall-fed for slaughter
  Proverbs 15:17

• Goes to the slaughter unconscious
  Proverbs 7:22

• Young of, considered a great delicacy
  Genesis 18:7; Amos 6:4

• Male firstlings of, belonged to God
  Exodus 34:19

• Tithe of, given to the priests
  2 Chronicles 31:6

• LAWS RESPECTING
  • To rest on the Sabbath
    Exodus 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:14
  • Not to be yoked with an ass in the same plough
    Deuteronomy 22:10
  • Not to be muzzled when treading out the corn
    Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9
  • If stolen to be restored double
    Exodus 22:4
  • Of others not to be coveted
    Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21
  • Of others if lost or hurt through neglect, to be made good
    Exodus 22:9-13
  • Killing a man, to be stoned
    Exodus 21:28-32
  • Mode of reparation for one, killing another
    Exodus 21:35,36
  • Straying to be brought back to its owner
    Exodus 23:4; Deuteronomy 22:1,2
  • Fallen under its burden to be raised up again
    Deuteronomy 22:4
  • Fat of, not to be eaten
    Leviticus 7:23

• Increase of, promised
  Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4

• Publicly sold
  2 Samuel 24:24; Luke 14:19

• Often given as a present
  Genesis 12:16; 20:14

• The wicked often took, in pledge from the poor
  Job 24:3

• Custom of sending the pieces of, to collect the people to war
  1 Samuel 11:7

• Sea of brass rested on figures of
  1 Kings 7:25

• ILLUSTRATIVE
  • (Engaged in husbandry,) of Ministers
    Isaiah 30:24; 32:20
  • (Not muzzled in treading corn,) of Minister's right to Support
    1 Corinthians 9:9,10
  • (Prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel
    Proverbs 9:2; Matthew 22:4
  • (Led to slaughter,) of a rash youth
    Proverbs 7:22
  • (Led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution
    Jeremiah 11:19
  • (Stall fed,) of sumptuous living
    Proverbs 15:17

• BULL OR BULLOCK ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of fierce enemies
    Psalm 22:12; 68:30
  • (Firstling of,) of the glory of Joseph
    Deuteronomy 33:17
  • (In a net,) of the impatient under judgment
    Isaiah 51:20
  • (Fatted,) of greedy mercenaries
    Jeremiah 46:21
  • (Unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
    Jeremiah 31:18

• KINE ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of proud and wealthy rules
    Amos 4:1
  • (well favoured,) of years of plenty
    Genesis 41:2,26,29
  • (Lean,) of years of scarcity
    Genesis 41:3; 27:30

• HEIFER ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of a beloved wife
    Judges 14:18
  • (Sliding back,) of backsliding Israel
    Hosea 4:16
  • (Taught, &c) of Israel's fondness for ease in preference to Obedience
    Hosea 10:11
  • (Of three years old,) of Moab in affliction
    Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34
  • (Fair,) of the beauty and wealth of Egypt
    Jeremiah 46:20
  • (At grass,) of the luxurious Chaldees
    Jeremiah 50:11