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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 4 / 5 (2Ch 29:33–Jer 23:3)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - And the holy things were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep H6629.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep H6629, and the princes had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep H6629; and a large number of priests set themselves apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - Now the sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep H6629, and the tithe of the holy gifts which were made holy to Yahweh their God, and put them in heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:29 - He also made cities for himself and acquired flocks H6629 and herds in abundance, for God had given him exceedingly abundant [fn]wealth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 -

And Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks H6629 of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - They gave their hand in pledge to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock H6629 for their guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 -

Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep H6629 Gate; they set it apart as holy and made its doors stand. And they set apart as holy [fn]the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - Between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep H6629 Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep H6629, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I did not require the governor’s food allowance, because the slavery was heavy on this people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - and to bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks H6629 as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep H6629 Gate; and they stood at the Gate of the Guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions also were 7,000 sheep H6629, 3,000 camels, 500 pairs of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep H6629 and the young men and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:11 -

“They send forth their little ones like the flock H6629,

And their children skip about.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 -

“But now those younger than I laugh at me,

Whose fathers I rejected even to put with the dogs of my flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And Yahweh blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep H6629 and 6,000 camels and 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 -

You give us as sheep H6629 [fn]to be eaten

And have scattered us among the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:22 -

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are counted as sheep H6629 for the slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

As sheep H6629 they are appointed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them;

And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning,

And their form shall be for Sheol to consume,

Far away from his habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:13 -

The meadows are clothed with flocks H6629

And the valleys are covered with grain;

They make a loud shout, indeed, they sing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 -

A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.

Why, O God? Have You rejected us forever?

Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep H6629 of Your [fn]pasture?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:20 -

You led Your people like a flock H6629

By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 -

But He led forth His own people like sheep H6629

And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:70 -

He also chose David His servant

And took him from the sheepfolds H6629;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 -

But as for us, as Your people and the sheep H6629 of Your pasture,

We will give thanks to You forever;

From generation to generation we will recount Your praise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]El Shoshannim. [fn]Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

O Shepherd of Israel, give ear,

You who guide Joseph like a flock H6629;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 -

For He is our God,

And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep H6629 of His hand.

Today, [fn]if you hear His voice,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3 -

Know that Yahweh, He is God;

It is He who has made us, and [fn]not we ourselves;

We are His people and the sheep H6629 of His pasture.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 -

But He sets the needy [fn]securely on high away from affliction,

And makes his families like a flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4 -

The mountains skipped like rams,

The hills, like lambs H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:6 -

O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs H6629?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:13 -

That our granaries would be full, furnishing every kind of produce,

And our flocks H6629 would bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields outside;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:23 -

Know well the [fn]condition of your flocks H6629,

And pay attention to your herds;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I bought male and female slaves, and I had [fn]homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks H6629 and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 -

[fn]If you yourself do not know,

Most beautiful among women,

Go forth on the trail of the flock H6629

And pasture your young goats

By the dwellings of the shepherds.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:21 -

And it will be in that day, that a man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep H6629;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 -

And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,

Or like sheep H6629 with none to gather them,

They will each turn to his own people,

And each one flee to his own land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 -

Instead, behold, there is joy and gladness,

Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep H6629,

Eating of meat and drinking of wine:

“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6 -

All of us like sheep H6629 have gone astray,

Each of us has turned to his own way;

But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us all

To [fn]fall on Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 -

“All the flocks H6629 of Kedar will be gathered together to you;

The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;

They will go up with acceptance on My altar,

And I shall [fn]adorn My [fn]glorious house with beautiful glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 -

Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks H6629,

And [fn]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 -

Then His people remembered the ancient days, of Moses.

Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the [fn]shepherds of His flock H6629?

Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of [fn]them,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 -

“Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks H6629,

And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds,

For My people who seek Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:24 -

“But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks H6629 and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 -

“They will devour your harvest and your food;

They will devour your sons and your daughters;

They will devour your flocks H6629 and your herds;

They will devour your vines and your fig trees;

They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 -

But You, O Yahweh, You know me;

You see me;

And You test my heart’s attitude toward You.

Drag them off like sheep H6629 for the slaughter

And [fn]set them apart for a day of carnage!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 -

“Lift up your eyes and see

Those coming from the north.

Where is the flock that was given you,

Your beautiful sheep H6629?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 -

“Woe to the shepherds who are [fn]destroying and scattering the sheep H6629 of My pasture!” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who are shepherding My people: “You have scattered My flock H6629 and banished them and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - “Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock H6629 out of all the land where I have banished them and cause them to return to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.

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