Beeves

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

Same as cattle. (Leviticus 22:19) [See Bull, Bullock]

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

(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).

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