The word in Scripture

Calf in the Bible

The word calf appears 30 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The calf was a valued animal for sacrifice and for the feast of welcome. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What calf means in the Bible

The calf was a valued animal for sacrifice and for the feast of welcome.

Where the word calf appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word calf appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.”Exodus 32:35

“He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.”Psalms 29:6

“They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.”Psalms 106:19

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”Isaiah 11:6

“Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.”Isaiah 27:10

“But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.”Luke 15:30

“And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.”Acts 7:41

“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.”Revelation 4:7