Kine (bovine)
Kine is an old word for cows, and the Bible uses cattle as pictures. The prophet Amos speaks to well-fed women of Samaria as “kine of Bashan”, the region known for rich pasture, and charges them with oppressing the poor and crushing the needy (Amos 4:1). Psalm 22:12 uses the same land for danger, as “strong bulls of Bashan” crowd around a suffering man. Ezekiel 39:18 includes the fatlings of Bashan in a great feast of judgment. Each time, Bashan’s strong, sleek animals stand for people who feel safe because of what they have. Amos 4:1-3 is the place to begin.
3 verses
Psalms
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Ezekiel
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Amos
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.