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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 spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And 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 - And 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 BoxGen 30:32 - I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them 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 be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye 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: ye 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 - And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck: and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; 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 her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the 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 - Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Jehovah’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4 - These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy 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 them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor 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 unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man 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 Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay 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 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of 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 all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as 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 that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, 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 - therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more 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 lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel;—for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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