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עַיִר
ʻayir · Hebrew · Strong's H5895 · 9 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “colt”
What it means
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
from H5782 (עוּר) in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden);
How the KJV renders it
colt, foal, young ass
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“young ass”
also renders onárion (G3678)
Where it appears
9 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 8 verses shown.
Genesis 32:15 · HC/Ncmpa
thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
Genesis 49:11 · HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Isaiah 30:6 · HNcmpa
The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
Isaiah 30:24 · HC/Td/Ncmpa
The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory feed, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
Judges 10:4 · HNcmpa
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
Judges 12:14 · HNcmpa
He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
Job 11:12 HC/NcmscZechariah 9:9 HNcmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.