21 occurrences in 10 translations

'Cows' in the Bible

"Sir, you know that the children are frail," Jacob suggested, "and the ewes and cows with me are still nursing their young. If they're driven even for a day, the entire flock will die.

Verse ConceptsTendernessOne DayWeak AnimalsDrivingAnimals SucklingDeath Of CreaturesStrictness

when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

Verse ConceptsFatnessSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside those cows along the bank of the Nile.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsRiver BanksThin BodiesRiver Nile

The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Verse ConceptsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingThin Bodies

when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

After them, seven other cows—ugly, very sickly, and thin—came up. I’ve never seen such ugly ones as these in all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsUnique CreaturesBad Items

Not only that," Pharaoh continued, "after they had finished devouring the cows, nobody could tell that they had gobbled them up, because they were just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.

Verse ConceptsBad Items

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

The seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven worthless, scorched heads of grain are seven years of famine.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

Curds of cows, and milk of the flock,With fat of lambs,And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,With the finest of the wheat—And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholButterRamsDairyDrinking WineRich Food

“Now then, prepare one new cart and two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

Verse ConceptsCartsYokesCattleDairyYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringUnusedTwo Animals

The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen.

Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringTwo Animals

The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on that one highway, lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideDirectionNatural Disasters

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people of the city chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsWoodCartsSplitting WoodFirewood

honey, cream, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Verse ConceptsCowsButterMilkSheepTirednessCheeseDairyRich FoodTired In Flighttired

Rebuke the wildlife that lives among the reeds, the nations that congregate like bulls and cows, humbling themselves with pieces of silver, for God scatters the nations that delight in battle.

Verse ConceptsBullsCalvesStretching OutWarfare, Nature OfScattering The PeoplesWild Beasts Subdued

"The residents of Samaria will be terrified because of the cows of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over Beth-aven, along with the priests who will mourn its glory, because that glory has departed.

Verse ConceptsCalvesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesGolden CalvesFear Of Other ThingsMourning In RegretNature Of IdolatryLosing Honour

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashanwho are on the hill of Samaria,women who oppress the poorand crush the needy,who say to their husbands,“Bring us something to drink.”

Verse ConceptsCowsThe NeedyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineWomen Doing WrongNot Helping The Poorwomanhood

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