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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 - “Wail, you shepherds, and cry;
And wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; H6629
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions [fn]have come,
And you will fall like a choice vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - “Flight will perish from the shepherds,
And escape from the masters of the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - “Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds,
And the wailing of the masters of the flock! H6629
For the LORD is destroying their pasture,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - “They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion,
And they will be radiant over the [fn]bounty of the LORD—
Over the grain and the new wine and the oil,
And over the young of the flock H6629 and the herd;
And their life will be like a watered garden,
And they will never languish again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, without man or beast, and in all its cities, a [fn]habitation of shepherds who rest their flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - ‘In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks H6629 will again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; H6629 surely He will make their [fn]pasture desolate because of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 - “They will take away their tents and their flocks; H6629
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘Terror on every side!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - “My people have become lost sheep; H6629
Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8 - “Wander away from the midst of Babylon
And [fn]go forth from the land of the Chaldeans;
Be also like male goats [fn]at the head of the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; H6629 surely He will make their [fn]pasture desolate because of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:5 - “Take the choicest of the flock, H6629
And also pile [fn]wood under [fn]the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - “I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. H6629 Thus you will 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 to [fn]those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been [fn]feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds [fn]feed the flock? H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - “You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without [fn]feeding the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - “My flock H6629 wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock H6629 was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - “As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “surely because My flock H6629 has become a prey, My flock H6629 has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, H6629 but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock; H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My [fn]sheep H6629 [fn]from them and make them cease from feeding [fn]sheep. H6629 So the shepherds will not [fn]feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock H6629 from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will search for 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 [fn]cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered [fn]sheep, H6629 so I will [fn]care for My [fn]sheep H6629 and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy 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 [fn]lead them to rest,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “As for you, My flock, H6629 thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will judge between one [fn]sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:19 - ‘As for My flock, H6629 they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you [fn]foul with your feet!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:22 - therefore, I will deliver My flock, H6629 and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31 - “As for you, My sheep, H6629 the sheep H6629 of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - “Like the flock H6629 [fn]for sacrifices, like the flock H6629 at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks H6629 of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:23 - ‘When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:25 - ‘For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, H6629 without blemish, shall be prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and one sheep from each flock H6629 of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:6 - They will go with their flocks H6629 and herds
To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep H6629 [fn]suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock H6629
And calves from the midst of the stall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - “But the LORD took me from [fn]following the flock H6629 and the LORD said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock H6629 taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 - “I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.
I will put them together like sheep H6629 in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, H6629
Which, if he passes through,
Tramples down and tears,
And there is none to rescue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock H6629 of Your [fn]possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of [fn]a fruitful field.
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 - Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no [fn]fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock H6629 should be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - So the seacoast will be pastures,
With [fn]caves 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 will save them in that day
As the flock H6629 of His people;
For they are as the stones of a crown,
[fn]Sparkling in His land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the teraphim speak [fn]iniquity,
And the diviners see [fn]lying visions
And tell false dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people [fn]wander like sheep, H6629
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock H6629 doomed to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I pastured the flock H6629 doomed to slaughter, [fn]hence the afflicted of the flock. H6629 And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [fn]Favor and the other I called [fn]Union; so I pastured the flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:11 - So it was [fn]broken on that day, and [fn]thus the afflicted of the flock H6629 who were watching me realized 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 worthless shepherd
Who leaves the flock! H6629
A sword will be on his arm
And on his right eye!
His arm will be totally withered
And his right eye will be [fn]blind.”

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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, My Associate,”
Declares the LORD of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd that the sheep H6629 may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand [fn]against the little ones.

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