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CATTLE.—The word commonly used in OT is miqneh, meaning primarily possessions or wealth—oxen, camels, sheep, and goats being the only wealth of peoples in a nomadic stage of civilization. It includes sometimes horses and asses, e.g. Exo_9:3, Job_1:3. The word is also sometimes rendered ‘possessions’ (e.g. Ecc_2:7), ‘flocks’ (Psa_78:46), and ‘herds’ (Gen_47:18). For other words rendered in EV [Note: English Version.] ‘cattle,’ see Beast. See also Ox, Sheep, Shepherd, etc.
E. W. G. Masterman.