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PRONUNCIATION OF GOLDEN CALF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOLDEN CALF

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Golden calf is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GOLDEN CALF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Golden calf

According to the Hebrew Bible, the golden calf was an idol made by Aaron to satisfy the Israelites during Moses' absence, when he went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as ḥēṭ’ ha‘ēggel or "The Sin of the Calf". It is first mentioned in Exodus 32:4. Bull worship was common in many cultures. In Egypt, whence according to the Exodus narrative the Hebrews had recently come, the Apis Bull was a comparable object of worship, which some believe the Hebrews were reviving in the wilderness; alternatively, some believe the God of Israel was associated with or pictured as a calf/bull deity through the process of religious assimilation and syncretism. Among the Egyptians' and Hebrews' neighbors in the Ancient Near East and in the Aegean, the Aurochs, the wild bull, was widely worshipped, often as the Lunar Bull and as the creature of El.

Definition of golden calf in the English dictionary

The first definition of golden calf in the dictionary is an idol made by Aaron and set up for the Israelites to worship. Other definition of golden calf is either of two similar idols set up by Jeroboam I at Dan and Bethel in the northern kingdom. Golden calf is also the pursuit or idolization of material wealth.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOLDEN CALF

golden age
golden alexanders
golden aster
golden boy
golden chain
golden circle
golden deed
Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious apple
golden eagle
Golden Fleece
Golden Gate
Golden Gate Bridge
golden girl
golden goal
golden goodbye
golden goose
golden hamster
golden handcuffs
golden handshake

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOLDEN CALF

alf
behalf
better half
bobby calf
box calf
bull calf
by half
calf
centre half
half
kill the fatted calf
mooncalf
out-half
scrum half
sea calf
second-half
stand-off half
time and a half
veal calf
whale calf

Synonyms and antonyms of golden calf in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «golden calf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOLDEN CALF

Find out the translation of golden calf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of golden calf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «golden calf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

金牛犊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

becerro de oro
570 millions of speakers

English

golden calf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोल्डन बछड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العجل الذهبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

золотой телец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bezerro de ouro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সোনার বাছুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veau d´or
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anak lembu emas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

goldene Kalb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

金の子牛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

금 송아지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sapi emas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con bò vàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தங்க கன்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोनेरी वासरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Altın buzağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vitello d´oro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złoty cielec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Золотий тілець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vițel de aur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρυσό μοσχάρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goue kalf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gyllene kalven
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gullkalv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of golden calf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOLDEN CALF»

The term «golden calf» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.174 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about golden calf

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOLDEN CALF»

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The Little Golden Calf
So many quotations from The Little Golden Calf have entered everyday Russian speech that it stands alongside the works of Griboyedov, Pushkin, and Gogol for its profound effect on Russian language and culture.
Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf, Evgeniĭ Petrov, 2009
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The Golden Calf: A Novel
The funniest novel of the Soviet era, this translation is based on the uncensored original thus restoring missing passages.
Ilʹi͡a Ilʹf, Evgeniĭ Petrov, 2009
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The Golden Calf
In this fifth installment in the critically acclaimed Irene Huss series, three men are found brutally executed in one of Goteborg's most fashionable neighborhoods.
Helene Tursten, 2013
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The electronic golden calf: images, religion, and the making ...
Sit-coms & soap operas today perform the function once fulfilled by Greek myths & medieval legends. This book asks the telling question: "How are the churches & synagogues to respond to this challenge?
Gregor T. Goethals, 1990
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The Golden Calf
Ray Tompkins is the kind of person you never get to know.
Henry Baum, 2008
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The golden calf
There was a moment when they tore the Order of the Golden Calf from his neck, making him shake his head like a horse. There was a moment when, raising his archbishop's crucifix high in the air, he shrieked hysterically: "Exploiters of the ...
Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf, Evgeniĭ Petrov, 1973
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The golden calf: a novel
a novel Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. A No. i financial nose. I don't believe he ever made a bad investment. He died as he lived and his last words to his daughter were an order to eject a poor tenant of his who had been ill for a long time and was ...
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, 1892
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The Golden Calf: A Novel
A Novel Mary Elizabeth Braddon. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS TAUCHNITZ EDITION. VOL. 2134. THE GOLDEN CALF BY M. E. BRADDON. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. TH E GOLDEN CALF. A NOVEL. BY M. E. BRADDON,
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1883
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A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
See also BELSHAZZAR; GOLDEN CALF. GOLDEN BOWL The poem of the wise man in EccL 12, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth," pictures approaching death: ". . . or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl ...
David L. Jeffrey, 1992
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Nicolas Poussin: Dialectics of Painting
57 - The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1635-40, oil on canvas. National Gallery, London. characteristics of the genre 'history painting' in Poussin, The Capture of Jerusalem by Titus is only the representation of an historic event. An analysis of ...
Oskar Batschmann, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOLDEN CALF»

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Pope Francis Protested Against Unbridled Capitalism
... of capitalism telling that the indigent are often abandoned on the "altar of money", blaming the rich for venerating a modern-day "golden calf.". «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»
2
UFC 189: The greatest card of all time?
McGregor is the golden calf , a new star when the UFC desperately needs one, especially with the recent rash of bad publicity surrounding ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
3
​The Journey Must Go On!
The journey is not without hurdles—the might of Pharaoh, the red sea ahead, the golden calf, the murmuring against leaders from Miriams and ... «Adventist Review, Jul 15»
4
On the Wrong Side of God, Evolution and Humanity
But remember, Moses was on the wrong side of the golden calf. And Lincoln's emancipation proclamation was on the wrong side of Dred ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
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Pope: Poor are sacrificed on 'the altar of money'
... on Saturday, saying the poor are often sacrificed on the "altar of money" and accusing the wealthy of worshipping a new "golden calf.". «CNN, Jul 15»
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Are Fundamentalists Our Modern Scribes? Divine Revelation as …
... the worship of the book without the Messiah was a "half way" house bordering on the same idolatry of the Hebrews and their Golden Calf. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Nation founding fathers created is not what it is today
While Moses was on the mountain speaking with God, the people convinced Aaron to build them a golden calf to worship. Aaron did, and the ... «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
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Elijah and Moses: The Traits of Leadership
As will be demonstrated, God was harking back the His encounter with Moshe after the sin of the Jewish people with the golden calf. «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
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Seeking the Right Leader for the Future
He was such a faithful disciple that he was absent from the encampment during the sin of the golden calf because he remained all 40 days at ... «Jewish Exponent, Jul 15»
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8 Ways Pope Francis Is Changing the Direction of the Catholic Church
"The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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