Heifer
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.
Passages cited in this entry
Deuteronomy 21:4 · Jeremiah 46:20 · Hosea 10:11 · Isaiah 7:21 · Judges 14:18 · Jeremiah 50:11 · Isaiah 15:5 · Jeremiah 48:34 · Genesis 41:2 · Numbers 19:2 · Hosea 4:16 · Amos 4:1 · Numbers 19:1 · Hebrews 9:13
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.