19 occurrences

'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 all of a sudden seven healthy, plump cows emerged from the Nile to graze in the grass that grew in the reeds that lined the bank.

Verse ConceptsFatnessSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

Right after that, seven more cows came up out of the Nile. Ugly and gaunt, they stood next to the other cows on the bank of the Nile River.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsRiver BanksThin BodiesRiver Nile

But all of a sudden they ate up the seven healthy, plump cows! Then Pharaoh woke up.

Verse ConceptsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingThin Bodies

and all of a sudden seven healthy, plump, beautiful cows emerged from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds that line the bank.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

Just then, seven other cows emerged after them, poor, ugly, and appearing very gaunt in their flesh. I've never seen anything as ugly as those cows anywhere in the entire land of Egypt!

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsUnique CreaturesBad Items

But those thin, gaunt cows gobbled up the first seven healthy cows!

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals Eating

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 healthy cows represent seven years, as do the seven healthy ears. The dreams are identical.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

The seven gaunt cows that arose after the healthy cows are seven years, as are the seven gaunt ears scorched by the east wind. There will be seven years of famine.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

"So make a new cart, and take two milk cows that have never had a yoke on them. Hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves away from them and back to the house.

Verse ConceptsCartsYokesCattleDairyYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringUnusedTwo Animals

The men did this. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves in the house.

Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringTwo Animals

The cows took a straight path along the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn to the right or the left. The Philistine lords followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideDirectionNatural Disasters

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there. In that place there was a large stone. They broke up the wood from the cart, and offered up the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsWoodCartsSplitting WoodFirewood

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 fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more 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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