Goats and Goat Hair

עֵז74 n.f. Gn 15:9 she-goat;—abs. ע׳ Gn 15:9 + 6 times; pl. עִזִּים 27:9 + 65 times; sf. עִזֶּיךָ 31:38;— †1. as property Gn 30:22, 33, 35 (J), 31:38 (E), 1 S 25:2. 2. as food: עִזִּים (גְּדִי) גְּדָיֵי kid(s) of she-goats Gn 27:9, 16 (J) + 7 times, שְׂעִיר עִזּים 37:31 (J) a buck of goats, he-goat, שֵׂה עִזִּים Dt 14:4 a(n individual) goat; cf. Lv 7:23 (P; fat forbidden); also חֲלֵב ע׳ Pr 27:27 goats’ milk. 3. as sacrificial victim, chiefly P: a. in gen. Lv 22:27 (H), Nu 15:11. †b. in בְּרִית Gn 15:9 (JE; cf. v 18). †c. פֶּסַח Ex 12:5 (שֶׂה), בְּנֵי עִזִּים 2 Ch 35:7. †d. עוֹלָה Lv 22:19 (H), 1:10 Nu 28:30 (שְׂעִיר ע׳). †e. זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים Lv 3:12; 17:3 (H; cf. v 5), אִשֶּׁה Nu 18:17 (בְּכוֹר ע׳). f. חַטָּאת, שְׂעִיר ע׳ Ez 43:22; 45:23 Lv 4:23 + 3 times Lv, Nu 7:16 + 19 times Nu; שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים a single she-goat Lv 4:28; 5:6; צְפִירֵי עִזִּים 2 Ch 29:21 he-goats. 4. עִזִּים = goats’ hair, as material 1 S 19:13, 16 Ex 25:4 + 6 times P (35:26 obj. of טָווּ!). †5. in sim. חֲשִׂפֵי עִזִּים 1 K 20:27 (v. [חָשִׂיף]); כְּעֵדֶר הָע׳ Ct 4:1; 6:5, of flowing, undulating hair. †6. צְפִיר הָע׳ Dn 8:5, 8 he-goat in vision.

τράγος [ᾰ], ὁ, he-goat, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to αἴξ (she-goat), Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν αἰγῶν τῶν τράγων Refs 5th c.BC+; τράγος γένειον.. πενθήσεις you will mourn your beard like the goat in the proverb, Refs 4th c.BC+; Κιλίκιοι τράγοι, of longhaired men, Refs; of men, τράγου ὄζειν, τράγου πνεῖν, to smell like a goat, Refs 1st c.AD+ __2 the age when change of voice and other signs of puberty appear, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2.b the change of the voice which takes place at this age, uncertain in Refs; compare τραγάω, τραγίζω. __3 lewdness, lechery, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II the male of the fish μαινίς, Refs 4th c.BC+ __III spelt, Refs 1st c.AD+ __IV a rough kind of sponge, Refs 4th c.BC+ __V among the Messenians, the wild fig, ={ἐρινεός}, Refs 1st c.BC+ (where perhaps = goat). __V.2 ={ἐφέδρα}Refs 1st c.AD+ __V.3 stinking nard, Valeriana saxatilis, Refs 1st c.AD+ __VI part of the ear (compare ἀντίτραγος), Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VII a kind of light Lycian ship, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VIII a kind of comet, Refs 6th c.AD+ __VIII.2 a constellation of the δωδεκάωρος,Refs

ἔρῐφος, ὁ (ἡ, Refs 7th c.BC+, kid, ἄρνεσσιν..ἢ ἐρίφοισι Refs 8th c.BC+ __II Ἔριφοι, οἱ, the constellation Haedi, Refs 4th c.BC+

αἴγειος, α, ον, of a goat, αἴγειον κνῆ τυρόν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ in a goat's skin, Refs 8th c.BC+; αἰγείη κυνέη a helmet of goatskin, Refs 8th c.BC+; γάλα αἴ. Refs 4th c.BC+; κρέα αἴ. Refs 5th c.BC+

ἐρίφιον, τό, diminutive of ἔρῐφος, NT+3rd c.BC+ __II = rubus agrestis, Refs

† [גְּדִיָּה] n.f. only pl. kids sf. גְּדִיֹּתַיִךְ Ct 1:8 (‖ הצאן).

† [עֵז] n.[f.] (she-)goat;—pl. עִזִּין Ezr 6:17.