CategoryArchaic Word / Animal Term
Modern Equivalentcows; cattle.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionCows or cattle, especially female cattle. In the KJV, “kine” often appears in agricultural, dream, or narrative passages.
Key Verses"And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed." (Genesis 41:2); "And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh." (1 Samuel 6:12)
KJV Usage NoteMeans cows or cattle and is especially common in older English narrative style.
Common MisunderstandingIt does not mean “kind” or “kin”; it means cows or cattle.
EtymologyFrom Old English cy, plural of cow.