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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

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 2 / 5 (Gen 47:17–Deu 28:18)

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.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 -

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - They said, “An Egyptian saved us from [fn]the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew water for us and watered the flock H6629.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 -

Now Moses was pasturing the flock H6629 of his father-in-law Jethro, 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of the LORD [fn]will come with a very severe plague 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - 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 we [fn]must hold a feast to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks H6629 and your herds be left behind. Even your little ones may go with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:21 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:32 - “Take both your flocks H6629 and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - A mixed multitude also went up with them, [fn]along with flocks H6629 and herds, a very large number of livestock.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 -

[fn]If someone 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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - “You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep H6629. It shall be with its mother for seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - “And no one is to come up with you, nor let anyone be seen [fn]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks H6629 and the herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When anyone of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or the flock H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 -

‘But if his offering is from the flock H6629, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - ‘But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD is from the flock H6629, he shall offer it, male or female, without defect.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - ‘He shall also bring his guilt offering to the LORD 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - “If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the LORD’S holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD: a ram without defect from the flock H6629, according to your assessment in silver by shekels, in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, as a guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:18 - “He is then to bring to the priest a ram without defect from the flock H6629, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he committed unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:6 - “Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram without defect from the flock H6629, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - ‘When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or for a [fn]voluntary offering, [fn]of the herd or [fn]of the flock H6629, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
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 the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - “Are flocks H6629 and herds to be slaughtered for them, so that it will be sufficient for them? Or are all the fish of the sea to be [fn]caught for them, so that it will be sufficient for them?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - and you make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or as a [fn]voluntary offering or at your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to the LORD from the herd or from the flock H6629,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:40 - Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep H6629, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:17 - who will go out [fn]and come in before them, and lead them out and [fn]bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep H6629 that have no shepherd.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - “Also, collect a tribute tax for the LORD from the men of war who went to battle, one [fn]in five hundred of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep H6629;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn from 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 perform the duty of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 -

The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep H6629 was 337,500,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - the LORD’S tribute tax of the sheep H6629 was 675;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep H6629,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds for sheep H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you, bless you, and make you numerous; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the newborn of your cattle and the offspring of your flock H6629, [fn]in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:13 - and when your herds and your flocks H6629 increase, and your silver and gold increase, and everything that you have increases,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - “You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the [fn]contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your [fn]voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock H6629, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your [fn]voluntary offerings, or the [fn]contribution of your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter animals from your herd and flock H6629 which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - “You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, 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 the LORD your God always.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - “And you may spend the money on whatever your [fn]heart desires: on oxen, sheep H6629, wine, other strong drink, or whatever your [fn]heart [fn]desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:14 - “You shall give generously to him from your flock H6629, your threshing floor, and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 -

“You shall consecrate to the LORD your God all the firstborn males that are born in your herd and in your flock H6629; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - “You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock H6629 and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - “You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 -

“Blessed will be the [fn]children of your womb, the [fn]produce of your ground, and the [fn]offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 -

“Cursed will be the [fn]children of your womb, the [fn]produce of your ground, the newborn of your herd, and the offspring of your flock H6629.


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