"pr. a tender branch, shoot; a young animal; a calf, young bull, Lk. 15:23, 27, 30; Heb. 12:19; Rev. 4:7*"
Definition and meaning
pr. a tender branch, shoot; a young animal; a calf, young bull, Lk. 15:23, 27, 30; Heb. 12:19; Rev. 4:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: μόσχος
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of moschos (G3448) across the King James Bible.
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
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Common questions
Strong's G3448 (moschos) is a Greek word that means: pr. a tender branch, shoot; a young animal; a calf, young bull, Lk. 15:23, 27, 30; Heb. 12:19; Rev. 4:7* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word moschos (G3448) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3448 is moschos, a Greek word defined as: pr. a tender branch, shoot; a young animal; a calf, young bull, Lk. 15:23, 27, 30; Heb. 12:19; Rev. 4:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
moschos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.