1. calf, young bull — A young bovine animal, used both of literal calves in pastoral and sacrificial contexts and of the molten calf-idol (golden calf); the word itself carries a single core meaning across all occurrences. 35×
AR["العِجلَ","العِجلُ","الْعِجْلَ","الْعِجْلُ","الْعِجْلِ","عُجُولُ","عِجلاً","عِجلًا","عِجْلًا","عِجْلٍ","عِجْلَيْ","كَعُجُولِ","كَعُجُولِ-"]·ben["-বাছুর","-বাছুরের","পুষ্ট-বাছুরগুলির-মতো","বাছুর","বাছুরের","বাছুরের-মতো","স্বর্ণের-বাছুর"]·DE["Kalb","[העגל]","[כעגלי]","[עגל]","calves-von","der-Kalb","der-calf","ein-Kalb","ein-calf"]·EN["a-calf","calf","calves-of","like-calves-of","the-calf"]·FR["[עגל]","calves-de","le-veau","un-veau","veau"]·heb["ה-עגל","כ-עגלי","עֶגְלֵי","עגל","עגלי"]·HI["एग्ले","जैसे-बछड़े","बछड़ा","बछड़े","बछड़े-के"]·ID["anak-anak-lembu","anak-lembu","anak-lembu-itu","seperti-anak-anak-lembu","seperti-anak-lembu"]·IT["[כעגלי]","[עגל]","il-calf","il-vitello","un-calf","un-vitello","vitelli-di","vitello"]·jav["kados-pedet","kados-pédhèt","pedhel","pedhet","pedhet,","pedhet-pedhet","pedhèt"]·KO["같이-송아지들","그-송아지가","그-송아지를","그-송아지와","금-송아지들","살진-처럼","송아지","송아지-를","송아지-처럼","송아지가","송아지를","송아지의"]·PT["bezerro","bezerro-de-","bezerros-de","como-bezerros-de","o-bezerro","o-novilho","um-bezerro"]·RU["-тельца","как-тельцы","телец","тельца","тельцов","тельцом","тельцы","телёнка","телёнок"]·ES["becerro","becerro-de","becerros-de","como-becerros-de","el-becerro","un-becerro"]·SW["kama-ndama-wa","kama-ndama-za","ndama","ndama-za"]·TR["-buzağıları-gibi","-gibi-buzagıları","buzagi","buzağı","buzağıları","buzağının","buzağıyı","dana-o","dananın-o"]·urd["-بچھڑا","-بچھڑے","بچھڑا","بچھڑوں-جیسے","بچھڑوں-کی-طرح","بچھڑے","بچھڑے-کے"]
Exod 32:4, Exod 32:8, Exod 32:19, Exod 32:20, Exod 32:24, Exod 32:35, Lev 9:2, Lev 9:3, Lev 9:8, Deut 9:16, Deut 9:21, 1 Sam 28:24 (+23 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֵ֫גֶל n.m. Ex 32:24 calf (as rolling or gamboling? cf. כַּר fr. כָּרַר; NH id.; Ph. (Pu.) עגל id. Lzb 336; עגילו Palm. n.pr. id. Cook89; Aramaic ܥܶܓܠܴܐ, ܥܓܶܠܬܳܐ, עִיגְלָא, עֲגַלְתָּא, id.; Assyrian [agalu], pl. agalê prob. calves DlHWB 16 (cf. against this JenKosmol. 110, but v. also JägerBAS ii. 2, 286); Arabic عِجْلٌ, id.; Ethiopic እጕል, እጉልት, cf. also HomNS 226);—ע׳ abs. Ex 32:19 +; cstr. 1…