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Cows, in OT times, often symbolised wealth and material well-being.

Cows as evidence of prosperity

Job 21:10 Part of Job's complaint about the prosperity of the wicked. See also Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 32:5,13-15; Genesis 41:1-4,17-21,25-27; 2 Samuel 12:2; 2 Chronicles 32:27-28; Psalm 50:10 evidence of God's wealth; Habakkuk 3:17-18 the believer's joy despite the absence of prosperity

In the history of Israel

1 Samuel 6:7-14

Cows in God's new earth

Isaiah 11:7 See also Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 32:20

Cows as a source of nourishment and fuel

2 Samuel 17:29; Ezekiel 4:15

Laws concerning cows

Exodus 22:30; Leviticus 22:28

Cows in metaphors

Of stupidity

Job 18:3

Of godless women

Amos 4:1

See also

1050  God, goodness of
4406  agriculture
4480  milk
4615  bull
4618  calf