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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 5 / 5 (Jer 25:34–Zec 13:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: H6629 for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock H6629 to escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, H6629 shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock H6629 and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks H6629 to lie down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks H6629 pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock H6629 shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 - Their tents and their flocks H6629 shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - My people hath been lost sheep: H6629 their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8 - Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock H6629 shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:5 - Take the choice of the flock, H6629 and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: H6629 and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - My sheep H6629 wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock H6629 was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock H6629 became a prey, and my flock H6629 became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, H6629 but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock H6629 at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; H6629 neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock H6629 from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, H6629 and seek them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep H6629 that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, H6629 and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - I will feed my flock, H6629 and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - And as for you, O my flock, H6629 thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:19 - And as for my flock, H6629 they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:22 - Therefore will I save my flock, H6629 and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31 - And ye my flock, H6629 the flock H6629 of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - As the holy flock, H6629 as the flock H6629 of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks H6629 of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:23 - When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock H6629 without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:25 - Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, H6629 without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - And one lamb out of the flock, H6629 out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:6 - They shall go with their flocks H6629 and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep H6629 are made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, H6629 and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, H6629 and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, H6629 taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 - I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep H6629 of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: H6629 who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock H6629 of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock H6629 shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:16 - And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock H6629 of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, H6629 they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock H6629 of the slaughter;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - And I will feed the flock H6629 of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. H6629 And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:11 - And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock H6629 that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! H6629 the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep H6629 shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

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