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Kine

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. sing. parah, i.e., “fruitful”), mentioned in Pharaoh’s dream (Gen 41: 18). Here the word denotes “buffaloes,” which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river’s brink.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kin:

(1) 'alaphim, plural of 'eleph, "ox," or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "cattle," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (Deut 7:13; Deut 28:4; Deut 28:18; Deut 28:51);

(2) baqar, "ox" or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "herd," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (Deut 32:14; 2 Sam 17:29);

(3) paroth plural of parah, "young cow" or "heifer," the Revised Version (British and American) "kine" in Gen 41:2-27; 1 Sam 6:7-14; Amos 4:1; in Gen 32:15, the American Standard Revised Version has "cows."

See CATTLE; COW.

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