bull
Tauros refers to bulls, shown as animals prepared for sacrifice, named with sacrificial blood, or served at a meal.
The occurrences refer to bulls in sacrificial settings: animals brought for sacrifice, blood named alongside goats, and animals that have been sacrificed for a prepared meal.
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Bulls in sacrificial settings · dominant
In Acts 14:13, the accusative plural form names the animals the priest brought as he and the crowds intended to offer sacrifice. In Hebrews 9:13 and Hebrews 10:4, the genitive plural occurs in clauses about the blood of bulls; in Matthew 22:4, the nominative plural names animals that have been sacrificed for the meal.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the forms as “bulls” in all four verses, including animals brought for sacrifice, blood of bulls, and bulls sacrificed for a meal. This reflects the clauses as rendered rather than a separate lexical distinction.