BIBLE NAMES REVEALED | HEIFER

1. Bible Names Revealed

a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places. Learn who's who, their relationships, and the meaning of their names.

2. Heifer

a) Hebrew: 'Eglah, (Deuteronomy 21:4, 6; Jeremiah 46:20).

i) Untrained to the yoke (Hosea 10:11); giving milk (Isaiah 7:21); ploughing (Judges 14:18); treading out grain (Jeremiah 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34).

b) Hebrew: Parah (Genesis 41:2; Numbers 19:2).

i) Bearing the yoke (Hosea 4:16); “heifers of Bashan” (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the “red heifer” described in Numbers 19:1-10; compare Hebrews 9:13.