Bible Dictionary
Beeves
Beeves is an old plural term for cattle, especially horned ruminants used in sacrifice or ordinary herding. It corresponds generally to cattle or herd animals.
Definition
Beeves is an old English plural term for cattle, especially horned ruminants or other bovine animals. It can refer broadly to ruminating animals other than camels and is generally equivalent to “cattle.”
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in passages concerning animals presented as offerings and animals counted among herds.
Historical Background
The word is an old plural of “beef” and is treated as equivalent to cattle.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the Bovidce, or horned cattle (Lev. 22:19, 21; Num. 31:28, 30, 33, 38, 44).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Same as cattle. (Leviticus 22:19) [See Bull, Bullock]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>bevs (Le 22:21 the King James Version).</p><p>See CATTLE.</p>