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Lexicon :: Strong's H7716 - śê

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שֶׂה
Transliteration
śê
Pronunciation
seh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from שָׁאָה (H7582) through the idea of pushing out to graze
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TWOT Reference: 2237

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׂה seh, seh; or שֵׂי sêy; probably from H7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat:—(lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare H2089.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H7716 in the following manner: sheep (18x), cattle (10x), lamb (16x), ewe (1x), lamb (with H3532) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H7716 in the following manner: sheep (18x), cattle (10x), lamb (16x), ewe (1x), lamb (with H3532) (1x).

  1. one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat

    1. sheep, goat

    2. flock (collective)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׂה seh, seh; or שֵׂי sêy; probably from H7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat:—(lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare H2089.
STRONGS H7716: Abbreviations
† שֶׂה noun masculineGenesis 30:32 and (less often) feminineJeremiah 50:17 one of a flock, a sheep (or goat) (Assyrian šuju, Arabic bdb096101 plural bdb096102, bdb096103, etc. (also wild ox), compare Egyptian sau, sheep Bondi65, compare IdBa NB§ 2 b ς); — absolute שֶׂה Genesis 30:32 +, construct שֵׂה Isaiah 43:23 +; suffix שֵׂיוֺ Deuteronomy 22:1, שְׂיֵ֫הוּ 1 Samuel 14:34; not in plural; —
1. a sheep, or goat, noun of individual meaning of צאֹן : as property Genesis 32:32 (twice in verse) (J; + עאֹן collective, כְּשָׂבִים, עִזִּים), Exodus 21:37 (twice in verse) (+ שׁוֺר, צאֹן collective), Exodus 22:3 (+ שׁוֺר, חֲמוֺר, Exodus 22:8 (id.), Exodus 22:9 (id; all E); Deuteronomy 22:1 (+ שׁוֺר), 1 Samuel 17:34 (זה Kt van d. H. erroneous, see Baer Dr), roaming pasture Isaiah 7:25, straying Psalm 119:176 (simile), slaughtered Isaiah 53:7 (in simile); + שׁוֺר, חֲמוֺר Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 22:19; Joshua 6:21 (J), + id. + גָּמָל 1 Samuel 15:3; as sacrifice Genesis 22:7, 8 (J), Exodus 13:13; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 12:8; Numbers 15:11 (בַּכְּבָשִׂים אוֺ בָּעִזִּים שׂ׳; all P), Deuteronomy 18:3 (+ שׁוֺר), Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 66:3 (+ שׁוֺר), מִןהַֿצּאֹן Ezekiel 45:15; compare Exodus 34:19 (+ שׁוֺר), Vulgate20 (J), Leviticus 26 (P; + שׁוֺר); fit for sacrifice Leviticus 22:28 (H); unfit Vulgate23 (H), Deuteronomy 17:1 (both + שׁוֺר); as food 1 Samuel 14:34 (+ שׁוֺר), כְּשָׂבִים וְשׂ׳ עִזִּים שׂ׳ Deuteronomy 14:4 (+ id.); for Passover Exodus 12:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:4 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:5 (P); figurative of Israel Ezekiel 34:17 (twice in verse) (|| אֵילִים, עַתּוּדִים), Ezekiel 34:20; Ezekiel 34:20; Ezekiel 34:22; Ezekiel 34:22.
2. collective flock: שֶׂה פְזוּרָה Jeremiah 50:17 (= צאֹן אֹבְדוֺת Jeremiah 50:6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:7; 22:8; 30:32; 30:32; 32:32

Exodus

12:3; 12:4; 12:5; 13:13; 22:3; 22:8; 22:9; 34:19

Leviticus

5:12; 12:8; 22:28; 26

Numbers

15:11

Deuteronomy

14:4; 17:1; 18:3; 22:1; 22:1

Joshua

6:21

Judges

6:4

1 Samuel

14:34; 14:34; 15:3; 17:34; 22:19

Psalms

119:176

Isaiah

7:25; 43:23; 43:23; 53:7; 66:3

Jeremiah

50:6; 50:17; 50:17

Ezekiel

34:17; 34:20; 34:20; 34:22; 34:22; 45:15

H7716

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Strong's Number H7716 matches the Hebrew שֶׂה (śê),
which occurs 47 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - and if the household is too small for a lamb, then a man and his neighbor next to his house shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:5 - Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - "For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, 'This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - "If a man delivers to his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without any one seeing it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - All that opens the womb is mine, all your male cattle, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - The firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the first-born of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - "But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring, as his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - A bull or a lamb which has a part too long or too short you may present for a freewill offering; but for a votive offering it cannot be accepted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - And whether the mother is a cow or a ewe, you shall not kill both her and her young in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - "But a firstling of animals, which as a firstling belongs to the LORD, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 - "Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each of the male lambs or the kids.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4 - These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - "You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever; for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - "You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and withhold your help from them; you shall take them back to your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the land, as far as the neighborhood of Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep or ox or ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, 'Let every man bring his ox or his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Am'alek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both men and women, children and sucklings, oxen, asses and sheep, he put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:176

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - "He who slaughters an ox is like him who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like him who breaks a dog's neck; he who presents a cereal offering, like him who offers swine's blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like him who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - "Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - "As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, rams and he-goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - "Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the families of Israel. This is the offering for cereal offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord GOD.
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