What does "Calf" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Calf?

CALF. Gen 18:7. A fatted calf was regarded by the Jews as the choicest animal food. 1 Sam 28:24; Am 6:4; Luke 15:23. The allusion in Jer 34:18 is to an ancient custom of ratifying a contract or covenant in the observance of which an animal was slain and divided, and the parties passed between the parts, signifying their willingness to be so divided themselves if they failed to perform their covenant. Gen 15:9-10, 2 Sam 21:17. Calf, Molten, Ex 32:4, was an idol god prepared by Aaron in compliance with the request of the children of Israel, who had become impatient at the absence of Moses and desired some visible image or representation of the Deity. See Aaron. It was probably made of wood and thickly overlaid with gold. The golden calves of Jeroboam, 1 Kgs 12:28, were objects of worship set up by that king in the land of Israel to prevent the ten tribes from resorting to Jerusalem to worship, and so more effectually Bronze Figure of Apis. ( Wilkinson.) to separate them from the house of David. One of the idols was in Dan and

What is the Hebrew word for Calf?

Where does Calf appear in the Bible?

Calf is referenced in 25 verses across 12 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Samuel 28:24
• 2 Chronicles 11:15
• Deuteronomy 9:16
• Deuteronomy 9:21
• Exodus 32:4
• Exodus 32:8
• Exodus 32:19
• Exodus 32:20
• Exodus 32:24
• Exodus 32:35
• Ezekiel 1:7
• Hosea 8:5
• Hosea 8:6
• Jeremiah 31:18
• Jeremiah 34:18
• Jeremiah 34:19
• Leviticus 9:3
• Leviticus 9:8
• Luke 15:23
• Luke 15:27
• Luke 15:30
• Nehemiah 9:18
• Psalms 29:6
• Psalms 106:19

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Calf.