Meaning of HEIFER
| Pronunciation: | | 'hefur
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| | Definition: | | [n] young cow |
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| | See Also: | | cow, moo-cow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Heif"er\, n. [OE. hayfare, AS. he['a]hfore, he['a]fore;
the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull,
ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G.
f["a]rse, and perh. to Gr. ?, ?, calf, heifer.] (Zo["o]l.)
A young cow.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Heb. 'eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34). Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos. 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aurochs, babe, baby, beef, beef cattle, beeves, biddy, bison, bitch, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, Brahman, broad, brood mare, buffalo, bull, bullock, calf, carabao, cattle, chick, colleen, cow, critter, cutie, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, doe, dogie, doll, ewe, ewe lamb, filly, frail, gal, girl, girlie, guinea hen, gyp, hen, hind, hornless cow, hoyden, Indian buffalo, jenny, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, kine, lass, lassie, leppy, lioness, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, mare, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, miss, missy, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, nanny, nanny goat, neat, nymphet, ox, oxen, Partlet, peahen, piece, roe, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, skirt, slip, slut, sow, steer, stirk, stot, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tigress, tomato, tomboy, virgin, vixen, wench, wisent, yak, yearling, young creature, young thing, zebu |
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