1. ox, cattle — The noun βοῦς meaning ox or head of cattle, referring to domesticated bovines in agricultural, sacrificial, and proverbial contexts (e.g., 'do not muzzle the ox'). All three clusters are purely number and case variants: S64301 singular nominative/accusative (ox), S64303 accusative/genitive plural (oxen), S64305 genitive plural (of oxen). Multilingual glosses are unanimous: Hindi बैल/बैलों (ox/oxen), Arabic ثَوْر/بَقَر/ثِيرَان (bull/cattle/bulls), Korean 소/소들 (cow/cows), Spanish buey/bueyes (ox/oxen), Swahili ng'ombe throughout (cattle). 8×
AR["الثِيرانِ","بَقَرًا","بَقَرَ","ثَوْراً","ثَوْرَهُ","ثَوْرُهُ","ثِيرَانٍ"]·ben["গরু","গরুকে","গরুদের","বলদ","বলদকে","বলদের"]·DE["Rinder","βοῦν","βοῦς","βοῶν"]·EN["an-ox","of-oxen","ox","oxen"]·FR["bœuf"]·heb["בָּקָר","שְׁוָרִים","שׁוֹר","שׁוֹרוֹ"]·HI["बैल","बैल;","बैलों","बैलों-की"]·ID["Lembu","lembu","lembu-lembu","lembu;"]·IT["boun","bue"]·jav["Sapi","lembu","sapi","sapi;"]·KO["소가","소들-과","소들-을","소들을","소를","소의"]·PT["Boi","boi","bois","bois;","de-bois"]·RU["быка","вол","вола","волах","волов"]·ES["Buey","a-buey","buey","bueyes","de-bueyes"]·SW["Ng'ombe","ng'ombe","ngʼombe","za-ngʼombe"]·TR["ağzını bağlayacaksın","Öküzü","öküz","öküzler için-","öküzleri","öküzü","öküzünü"]·urd["بیل","بیل؛","بیلوں","بیلوں-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
βοῦς, Doric dialect βῶς Refs 3rd c.BC+, poetry also βοῦ Refs 8th c.BC+ and Doric dialect, Refs 3rd c.BC+, Ionic dialect and poetry also βόα Refs 8th c.BC+, rarely contraction βοῦς Refs 5th c.BC+, contraction βῶν Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect βόεσσι, βοσί Refs 1st c.AD+; Boeotian dialect βούεσσι Refs 8th c.BC+, and Attic dialect, NT+4th c.BC+:—bullock, bull, ox, or cow, in plural cattle, commonly…