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[hef-er] 
–noun
| a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME hayfre, OE hēa(h)f(o)re, equiv. to hēah high + -fore; akin to Gk póris heifer
bef. 900; ME hayfre, OE hēa(h)f(o)re, equiv. to hēah high + -fore; akin to Gk póris heifer
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| heif·er (hěf'ər) n. A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf. [Middle English, from Old English hēahfore; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Heifer
Heif"er\, n. [OE. hayfare, AS. he['a]hfore, he['a]fore; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G. f["a]rse, and perh. to Gr. ?, ?, calf, heifer.] (Zo["o]l.) A young cow.
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Language Translation for : heifer
Spanish:
novilla, vaquilla,
German:
junge Kuh,
Japanese:
若雌牛
heifer
O.E. heahfore, of unknown origin, not found outside Eng. The first element seems to be heah "high," common in O.E. compounds with a sense of "great in size." The second element may be related to O.E. fearr "bull," or to O.E. faran "to go" (giving the whole a sense of "high-stepper"); but there are serious sense difficulties with both conjectures. In modern use, "a female that has not yet calved," as opposed to a cow, which has calved, and a calf, which is an animal of either sex not more than a year old. As derisive slang for "a woman, girl" it dates from 1835.
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Heifer
Heb. 'eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34). Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos. 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 Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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