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CATTLE . The word commonly used in OT is miqneh , meaning primarily possessions or wealth oxen, camels, sheep, and goats being the only wealth of peoples in a nomadic stage of civilization. It includes sometimes horses and asses, e.g. Exodus 9:3 , Job 1:3 . The word is also sometimes rendered ‘possessions’ ( e.g. Ecclesiastes 2:7 ), ‘flocks’ ( Psalms 78:46 ), and ‘herds’ ( Genesis 47:18 ). For other words rendered in EV [Note: English Version.] ‘cattle,’ see Beast. See also Ox, Sheep, Shepherd, etc.

E. W. G. Masterman.