Bible Dictionary: Beef

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

2. (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

3. (n.) Applied colloquially to human flesh.

4. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BEEF

bef.

See CATTLE.

Greek

1016. bous -- an ox, a cow
... ox. Probably from the base of bosko; an ox (as grazing), ie An animal of that species
("beef") -- ox. see GREEK bosko. (boas) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1241. baqar -- cattle, herd, an ox
... From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used
for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow ...
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Library

Voyage to India.
... To the surprise of us new-comers, roast beef was on our dinner-table that
day. We thought it strange that in the land where the ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter i voyage to india.htm

Dr. Arnott's Dog "Rover. "
... All the crumbs that fall on the floor he picks up, and seems eager for them, but
when his master takes a plate of beef and puts it on the floor and says, 'Rover ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/dr arnotts dog rover.htm

Kumaon.
... in the Province, and the only Englishmen were civil officials, officers of native
regiments, and a few casual travellers, the prohibition of beef caused little ...
/.../kennedy/life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xx kumaon.htm

Brother Hugh
... Goodbye to beef, butter, and good red wheat; white corn, sad vegetables, cold water,
sackcloth take their place, with fasts on bread and water, and festivals ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter ii brother hugh.htm

"There, Baby!" Said Diamond; "I'M So Happy that I Can Only Sing ...
... "I could have taken Nanny's crossing till she came back; and then the money, instead
of going for Old Sal's gin, would have gone for father's beef-tea. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 25 there baby said.htm

The American Experiments, 1734-1762.
... Brethren would have to be careful in matters of diet, and rather astonished the
Sisters by giving them detailed instructions about the cooking of rice and beef ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xiv the american experiments.htm

A Tricky Ox
... This ox is kept in the stockyards at Chicago. In those stockyards they kill
thousands of cattle every year to give us beef to eat. ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/a tricky ox.htm

Come Now, if Some Philosopher Affirms, as Laberius Holds...
... food? May any one have the persuasion that he should so abstain, lest by
chance in his beef he eats of some ancestor of his? But ...
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And as we are Now Speaking of the Animals Sacrificed...
... and does this one avoid tough ox-beef that he may not overtax his weak stomach,
and choose tender [4853] sucklings that he may digest them more speedily? ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/18 and as we are.htm

The Morning-Meal in the Pharisee's House - Meals and Feasts among ...
... [4259] With the latter the favorite food was young meat: goats, lambs, calves.
Beef was not so often used, and still more rarely fowls. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xii the morning-meal in.htm

Thesaurus

Beef
... 3. (n.) Applied colloquially to human flesh. 4. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling,
beef. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEEF. bef. See CATTLE. ...
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Salt (45 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or
preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. 11. ...
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Beeves (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (an old English plural of the word beef), a name ... Noah
Webster's Dictionary. (n.) Plural of Beef. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Bee (1 Occurrence)

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Olive (61 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) An olivary body. See under Olivary. 8. (n.) A small slice of meat
seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal. ...
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Round (664 Occurrences)
... of politicians. 29. (n.) See Roundtop. 30. (n.) Same as Round of beef, below.
31. (adv.) On all sides; around. 32. (adv.) Circularly ...
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Rump (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone
piece. 3. (n.) The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. Int. ...
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Rare (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Early. 2. (superl.) Nearly raw; partially cooked;
not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. ...
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Roast (8 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable
for being roasted. 10. (a.) Roasted; as, roast beef. Int. ...
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Eat (690 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid,
food; to board. 6. (vi) To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef. ...
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