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•OX Hebrews bakar, “cattle;” “neat cattle”, (Genesis 12:16; 34:28; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12, etc.); not to be muzzled when treading the corn (Deuteronomy 25:4). Referred to by our Lord in his reproof to the Pharisees (Luke 13:15; 14:5).
•OX GOAD mentioned only in Judges 3:31, the weapon with which Shamgar (q.v.) slew six hundred Philistines. “The ploughman still carries his goad, a weapon apparently more fitted for the hand of the soldier than the peaceful husbandman. The one I saw was of the ‘oak of Bashan,’ and measured upwards of ten feet in length. At one end was an iron spear, and at the other a piece of the same metal flattened. One can well understand how a warrior might use such a weapon with effect in the battle-field” (Porter’s Syria, etc.). (See GOAD.)
•OZEM strong. (1.) One of David’s brothers; the sixth son of Jesse (1 Chronicles 2:15).
(2.) A son of Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2:25).
•OZIAS son of Joram (Matthew 1:8); called also Uzziah (2 Kings 15:32, 34).
•OZNI hearing, one of the sons of Gad; also called Ezbon (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:16).