The word in Scripture

Ox in the Bible

The word ox appears 64 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The ox labors patiently and treads out the grain. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What ox means in the Bible

The ox labors patiently and treads out the grain.

Where the word ox appears

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

“This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.”Psalms 69:31

“Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.”Psalms 106:20

“He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;”Proverbs 7:22

“Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.”Proverbs 14:4

“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.”Isaiah 1:3

“And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.”Isaiah 11:7

“The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?”Luke 13:15

“And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?”Luke 14:5