What does μόσχος (móschos) mean in the Bible?
μόσχος (móschos) is a Greek word meaning "a young bullock".
Greek · G3448
μόσχος
A young bullock
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μόσχος G3448
Pronunciation móschos
What does μόσχος (móschos) mean in the Bible?
μόσχος (móschos) is a Greek word meaning "a young bullock".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3448?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include calf (3), a calf (1), calves (1), of calves (1).
Where does μόσχος (móschos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 15:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Hebrews (2), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It calf 3× Luke 15:23, Luke 15:27, Luke 15:30
a calf 1× Revelation 4:7
calves 1× Hebrews 9:12
of calves 1× Hebrews 9:19
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 15:23 μόσχον to calf Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 15:27 μόσχον to calf Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 15:30 μόσχον to calf Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Hebrews 9:12 μόσχων to calves Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Hebrews 9:19 μόσχων to of calves Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Revelation 4:7 μόσχῳ to a calf Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 15:23
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Luke 3 Hebrews 2 Revelation 1
Source forms
μόσχον 3x moschon Luke 15:23, Luke 15:27, Luke 15:30
μόσχων 2x moschōn Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:19
μόσχῳ 1x moschō Revelation 4:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Luke 15:23, Luke 15:27, Luke 15:30
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 2x Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:19
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 4:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a young bullock
Strong's G3448
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a young bullock
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 15:23 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
μόσχον moscon
a calf
Read verse Luke 15:27 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
μόσχον moscon
a calf
Read verse Luke 15:30 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
μόσχον moscon
a calf
Read verse Hebrews 9:12 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
μόσχων, moscwn
a calf
Read verse Hebrews 9:19 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
μόσχων moscwn
a calf
Read verse Revelation 4:7 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
μόσχῳ, moscw
a calf
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Heb 9:12 · Heb 9:19 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 4:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 15:23 · Luke 15:27 · Luke 15:30 3×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain