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Lexicon :: Strong's H6629 - ṣō'n

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צֹאן
Transliteration
ṣō'n
Pronunciation
tsone
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Part of Speech
collective feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to migrate
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TWOT Reference: 1864a

Strong’s Definitions

צֹאן tsôʼn, tsone; or צאוֹן tsʼôwn; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men):—(small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 274x

The KJV translates Strong's H6629 in the following manner: flock (138x), sheep (110x), cattle (15x), shepherd (with H7462) (2x), lamb (with H1121) (2x), lamb (1x), sheep (with H4480) (1x), sheepcotes (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H4356) (1x), sheepshearers (with H1494) (1x), shepherd (with H7462) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 274x
The KJV translates Strong's H6629 in the following manner: flock (138x), sheep (110x), cattle (15x), shepherd (with H7462) (2x), lamb (with H1121) (2x), lamb (1x), sheep (with H4480) (1x), sheepcotes (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H1448) (1x), sheepfold (with H4356) (1x), sheepshearers (with H1494) (1x), shepherd (with H7462) (1x).

  1. small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks

    1. small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)

    2. of multitude (simile)

    3. of multitude (metaphor)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֹאן tsôʼn, tsone; or צאוֹן tsʼôwn; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men):—(small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
STRONGS H6629: Abbreviations
צֹאן 273 collective noun feminineGenesis 30:36 (possibly masculine Genesis 30:39a +, KöSynt. § 247 g, but dubious, Genesis 30:39b with verb feminine plural, as usually; in 1 Samuel 15:14 join הַוֶּה with קוֺל; see further AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316 ff.) small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks; — ׳צ absolute Genesis 4:2 +; construct Genesis 29:9 +; suffix ֺצאֹנו Genesis 4:4 +; ּצאֹנֵנו Exodus 10:9, ּצאֹונֵו Psalm 144:13; as plural ֺצאֹנֵינו Nehemiah 10:37 van d. H. Gi (not Baer; very late, si vera lectio), etc.; —
1. literally
a. small cattle, usually of sheep and goats in one flock (RobBR i. 477) Genesis 30:31, 32 +; sheep specified also Genesis 21:28 (ּ׳כִּבְשׂת הַצ), Genesis 31:28 (׳אֵילֵי צ) +; sheep only 1 Samuel 25:2 (+ עִוִּים); goats specified Genesis 27:9; Jeremiah 50:8; ׳צ as yielding
(1) animals for food Amos 6:4 (בָּרִים), 1 Samuel 14:32; 2 Samuel 12:4; Nehemiah 5:18 +; מַאְַבָל ׳צ Psalm 44:12 (in simile);
(2) wool Genesis 31:19 + (see [גָּזַז], גֵּז);
(3) milk, ׳חֲלֵב צ Deuteronomy 32:14 (? goats' milk, compare Proverbs 27:27);
(4) sacrificial victims Genesis 4:4 (J), Leviticus 1:2, 10; Leviticus 3:6; Numbers 15:3 (all P), Numbers 22:40 (E), Deuteronomy 12:6, 17, 21 + often; so צאֹן קָדָשִׁים Ezekiel 36:38 a, compare בְקָרֵינוּ וְצאֹנֵינוּ בְּכוֺרֵי Nehemiah 10:37; in general as property (often + בָּקָר, etc.) Genesis 12:16; Genesis 13:5; Genesis 24:35; Job 1:3; Job 42:12 + often (see also II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת]); gift Genesis 20:14; Genesis 21:27; Genesis 38:17 (goat), Deuteronomy 15:14; 2 Chronicles 17:11; booty 1 Samuel 15:9, 15 +.
b. ׳צ sometimes of a definite number of animals (i.e. as plural of שֶׂה, etc.): two Isaiah 7:21, four Exodus 21:37 (larger numbers see 1 Samuel 25:2, 5, 18; Numbers 31:32, 36; Nehemiah 5:18; Job 1:3; Job 42:12 above). — See also בֵּן 7b; גְּדֵרָה, מִכְלָה, מַרְבֵּץ, נָוֶה, עֵדֶר; כֶלֶב, רֹצֶה, שַׁצֵר.
2. simile of multitude Ezekiel 36:37, 38, compare Psalm 107:41; of children Job 21:11; of dead, with death as shepherd Psalm 49:15; of (shepherdless) Israel Numbers 27:17; 1 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 18:16; Zechariah 10:2; Zechariah 13:7, wandering in sin Isaiah 53:6; of Israel led by ׳י Psalm 77:21; Psalm 78:52; Psalm 80:2, compare Zechariah 9:16 (on text see We Now); Ezekiel 34:12; of Israel in distress, טִבְחָת ׳כְּצ Psalm 44:23, compare (of wicked) לְטִבְתָה ׳צ Jeremiah 12:3; of scattered Babylonian Isaiah 13:14.
3. metaphor of multitude, אָרָם ׳צ Ezekiel 36:38; of Israel 2 Samuel 24:17 = 1 Chronicles 21:17; Jeremiah 23:1, 2, 3; Ezekiel 24:5, and especially sustained figurative Ezekiel 34:2, 3 + 17 times in Ezekiel 34, also Zechariah 11:7, 17; אֹבְדוֺת ׳צ Jeremiah 50:6, ְתִּפְאַרְתֵך ׳צ Jeremiah 13:20; of Israel under ׳י's care, (ֹ־ו, ִ֯י) מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָד ׳צ Psalm 74:1; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 100:3; Ezekiel 34:31, also ֺיָדו ׳צ Psalm 95:7(|| ֿמַרְעִיתוֺעַם; read perhaps ֺמַרְעִיתו ׳צ, ֺצַם יָדו, so Che and others); ָנַחֲלָתֶך ׳צ Micah 7:14; also in combinations: ֵּ׳אַדִּירֵי הַצ Jeremiah 25:34, 35, 36, חַהֲרֵגָה ׳צ Zechariah 11:4, 7 (compare Psalm 44:23), ּ׳עֲנִיֵּי הַצ Psalm 44:7; Psalm 44:11 (all of Israel); of Edom ּ׳צְעִירֵי הַ צ Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:2; 4:4; 4:4; 12:16; 13:5; 20:14; 21:27; 21:28; 24:35; 27:9; 29:9; 30:31; 30:32; 30:36; 30:39; 30:39; 31:19; 31:28; 38:17

Exodus

10:9

Leviticus

1:2; 1:10; 3:6

Numbers

15:3; 22:40; 27:17; 31:32; 31:36

Deuteronomy

12:6; 12:17; 12:21; 15:14; 32:14

1 Samuel

14:32; 15:9; 15:14; 15:15; 25:2; 25:2; 25:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

12:4; 24:17

1 Kings

22:17

1 Chronicles

21:17

2 Chronicles

17:11; 18:16

Nehemiah

5:18; 5:18; 10:37; 10:37

Job

1:3; 1:3; 21:11; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

44:7; 44:11; 44:12; 44:23; 44:23; 49:15; 74:1; 78:52; 79:13; 80:2; 95:7; 100:3; 107:41; 144:13

Proverbs

27:27

Isaiah

7:21; 13:14; 53:6

Jeremiah

12:3; 13:20; 23:1; 23:2; 23:3; 25:34; 25:35; 25:36; 49:20; 50:6; 50:8; 50:45

Ezekiel

24:5; 34; 34:2; 34:3; 34:12; 34:31; 36:37; 36:38; 36:38; 36:38

Amos

6:4

Micah

7:14

Zechariah

9:16; 10:2; 11:4; 11:7; 11:7; 11:17; 13:7

H6629

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Strong's Number H6629 matches the Hebrew צֹאן (ṣō'n),
which occurs 274 times in 247 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 4:2–Gen 47:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - And Abel [fn]also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, [fn]and tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took a thousand [fn]pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid-servants, and gave them to Abraam, and he returned him Sarrha his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - And Jacob said, It is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water ye the flocks, and depart and feed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and Jacob said to him, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend thy flocks and keep them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let all thy sheep pass by to-day, and separate thence every grey sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—this shall be my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them [fn]and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth young speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured spots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42 - But he did not put them in indiscriminately whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban's, and the marked ones Jacob's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - These twenty years have I been with thee; thy sheep, and thy she-goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of thy cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which thou seest are mine, and the property of my daughters; what shall I do to them to-day, or their children which they bore?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - (LXX 32:6) And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and men-servants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - (LXX 32:8) And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13 - And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; [fn]and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Thamna, to shear his sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:17 - And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, Well, if thou wilt give me an earnest, until thou send it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32 - And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their kine, and all their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - Ye shall say, We thy servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - And Joseph came and told Pharao, saying, My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Gesem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, [fn]we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard of it.

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