primarily denotes "anything young," whether plants or the offspring of men or animals, the idea being that which is tender and delicate; hence "a calf, young bull, heifer," Luke 15:23,27,30; Hebrews 9:12,19; Revelation 4:7 .
signifies "to make a calf" (moschos, and poieo, "to make"), Acts 7:41 .