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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 2 / 5 (Gen 47:17–Deu 28:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:17 - So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them [fn]food in exchange for the horses and the [fn]flocks H6629 and the herds and the donkeys; and he [fn]fed them with [fn]food in exchange for all their livestock [fn]that year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks H6629 and their herds in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to give water to their father’s flock H6629 to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses rose up and saved them and gave water to their flock H6629 to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he actually even drew the water for us and gave water to the flock H6629 to drink.”

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Now Moses was pasturing the flock H6629 of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock H6629 to the [fn]west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of Yahweh [fn]will come with a very heavy pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks H6629.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses said, “We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks H6629 and our herds we shall go, for it is a feast of Yahweh for us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said, “Go, serve Yahweh; only let your flocks H6629 and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you.”

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Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “[fn]Bring out and take for yourselves [fn]lambs H6629 according to your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:32 - “Take both your flocks H6629 and your herds, as you have spoken, and go, and bless me also.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - A [fn]foreign multitude also went up with them, [fn]along with flocks H6629 and herds, a very [fn]large number of livestock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - ‘You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep H6629 and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

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“[fn]If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep H6629 for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - “And you shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep H6629. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - “And no man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen [fn]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks H6629 and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man from among you brings an [fn]offering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your [fn]offering of animals from the herd or the flock H6629.

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‘But if his offering is from the flock H6629, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall bring near a male without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - ‘But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock H6629, he shall bring it near, male or female, without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - ‘He shall also bring his guilt offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has [fn]committed, a female from the flock H6629, a lamb or a [fn]goat, as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - “If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without blemish from the flock H6629, according to your valuation in silver by [fn]shekels, in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:18 - “He is then to bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock H6629, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error in which he sinned unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:6 - “Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock H6629, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - ‘And when a man brings a sacrifice of peace offerings near to Yahweh to [fn]fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock H6629, it must be without blemish to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:32 - ‘For every tenth part of herd or flock H6629, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - “Should flocks H6629 and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - then make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to Yahweh, from the herd or from the flock H6629.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep H6629, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:17 - who will go out [fn]and come in before them, and who will lead them out and [fn]bring them in, so that the congregation of Yahweh will not be like sheep H6629 which have no shepherd.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - “And you shall exact a levy for Yahweh from the men of war who went out to battle, one [fn]in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep H6629;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep H6629, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

Now the loot that remained from the plunder which the [fn]men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep H6629,

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And the half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep H6629 was 337,500;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - and the levy of Yahweh from the sheep H6629 was 675;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep H6629,

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Then they came near to him and said, “We will build here sheepfolds H6629 for our livestock and cities for our little ones;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - and Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds for sheep H6629.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock H6629, [fn]in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:13 - and your herds and your flocks H6629 multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - “And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the [fn]contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock H6629.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock H6629, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the [fn]contribution of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd and flock H6629 which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - “And you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God, at the place where He chooses for His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock H6629, so that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God all your days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - “And you may spend the money for whatever your [fn]heart desires: for oxen or sheep H6629 or wine or strong drink or whatever your [fn]heart [fn]desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God and be glad, you and your household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:14 - “You shall furnish him generously from your flock H6629 and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as Yahweh your God has blessed you.

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“You shall set apart as holy to Yahweh your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock H6629; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd nor shear the firstborn of your flock H6629.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - “And you shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God from the flock H6629 and the herd, in the place where Yahweh chooses for His name to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - “You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the first shearing of your sheep H6629.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 -

“Blessed shall be the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the [fn]produce of your ground and the [fn]offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock H6629.

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“Cursed shall be the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the [fn]produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock H6629.


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