Bible Dictionary
Kine
Kine is an older plural term for cows or cattle. The word appears in descriptions of livestock and in Pharaoh’s dream of cows by the Nile.
Definition
Kine is an older plural term for cows or cattle. In biblical usage it can refer to herds, cows, or young cows and heifers.
Biblical Usage
Kine appear in descriptions of livestock and in Pharaoh’s dream of cows feeding near the river. The term is also used in passages concerning herds and cattle.
Historical Background
The word translates several Hebrew terms referring to oxen, cows, cattle, young cows, or heifers. In Pharaoh’s dream, the animals are described as feeding on reeds and sedge by the river.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
the plural of cow. [See Bull, Bullock]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kin:</p><p>(1) 'alaphim, plural of 'eleph, "ox," or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "cattle," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (De 7:13; 28:4,18,51);</p><p>(2) baqar, "ox" or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "herd," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (De 32:14; 2Sa 17:29);</p><p>(3) paroth plural of parah, "young cow" or "heifer," the Revised Version (British and American) "kine" in Ge 41:2-27; 1Sa 6:7-14; Am 4:1; in Ge 32:15, the American Standard Revised Version has "cows."</p><p>See CATTLE; COW.</p>