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Lexicon :: Strong's H6629 - ṣō'n

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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 1 / 5 (Gen 4:2–Gen 47:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - And again H3254, she gave H3205 birth H3205 to his brother H251 Abel H1893. Now Abel H1893 was a keeper H7462 of flocks H6629, but Cain H7014 was a cultivator H5647 of the ground H127.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - Abel H1893, on his part H1571 also H1571 brought H935 an offering, from the firstborn H1060 of his flock H6629 and from their fat H2459 portions H2459. And the LORD H3068 had H8159 regard H8159 for Abel H1893 and his offering H4503;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore he treated H3190 Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake H5668; and [fn]he gave H1961 him sheep H6629, oxen H1241, male H2543 donkeys H2543, male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198, female H860 donkeys H860, and camels H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - Now Lot H3876, who went H1980 with Abram H87, also H1571 had H1961 flocks H6629, herds H1241, and tents H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Abimelech H40 then took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198, and gave H5414 them to Abraham H85, and returned H7725 his wife H802 Sarah H8283 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 -

So Abraham H85 took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and gave H5414 them to Abimelech H40, and the two H8147 of them made H3772 a covenant H1285.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - But Abraham H85 set H5324 seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 of the flock H6629 by H905 themselves H905.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD H3068 has greatly H3966 blessed H1288 my master H113, so that he has become H1431 [fn]rich H1431; and He has given H5414 him flocks H6629 and herds H1241, and silver H3701 and gold H2091, and servants H5650 and slave H8198 women H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - for he had H1961 possessions H4735 of flocks H6629 [fn]and herds H1241, and a great H7227 household H5657, so that the Philistines H6430 envied H7065 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - “Go H1980 now H4994 to the flock H6629 and [fn]bring H3947 me two H8147 choice H2896 [fn]young H1423 H5795 goats H1423 H5795 from there H8033, so that I may prepare H6213 them as a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for your father H1, such H834 as H834 he loves H157.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He looked H7200, and [fn]saw H7200 a well H875 in the field H7704, and behold H2009, three H7969 flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 were lying H7257 there H8033 beside H5921 it, because H3588 they watered H8248 the flocks H5739 from that well H875. Now the stone H68 on the mouth H6310 of the well H875 was large H1419.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - When all H3605 the flocks H5739 were gathered H622 there H8033, they would roll H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875 and water H8248 the sheep H6629. Then they would put H7725 the stone H68 back H7725 in its place H4725 on the mouth H6310 of the well H875.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - And he said H559 to them, “Is it well H7965 with him?” And they said H559, “It is well H7965, and here H2009 is his daughter H1323 Rachel H7354 coming H935 with the sheep H6629.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - Then he said H559, “Look H2005, it is still H5750 high H1419 day H3117; it is not time H6256 for the livestock H4735 to be gathered H622. Water H8248 the sheep H6629, and go H1980, pasture H7462 them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said H559, “We cannot H3201 H3808, until H5704 H834 all H3605 the flocks H5739 are gathered H622, and they roll H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875; then we water H8248 the sheep H6629.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 -

While he was still H5750 speaking H1696 with them, Rachel H7354 came H935 with her father’s H1 sheep H6629, for she was a shepherdess H7462.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When H834 Jacob H3290 saw H7200 Rachel H7354 the daughter H1323 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837, and the sheep H6629 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837, Jacob H3290 went H5066 up H5066 and rolled H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875, and watered H8248 the flock H6629 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - So he said H559, “What H4100 shall I give H5414 you?” And Jacob H3290 said H559, “You shall not give H5414 me anything H3972. If H518 you will do H6213 this H2088 one thing H1697 for me, I will again H7725 pasture H7462 and keep H8104 your flock H6629:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - let me pass H5674 through your entire H3605 flock H6629 today H3117, removing H5493 from there H8033 every H3605 speckled H5348 or spotted H2921 sheep H7716 and every H3605 black H2345 sheep H7716 among the lambs H3775, and the spotted H2921 or speckled H5348 among the goats H5795; and those shall be my wages H7939.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And he put H7760 a distance of three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 between H996 himself and Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 fed H7462 the rest H3498 of Laban’s H3837 flocks H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - He set H3322 the rods H4731 which H834 he had peeled H6478 in front H5227 of the flocks H6629 in the drinking H7298 troughs H7298, that is, in the watering H4325 channels H8268 where H834 the flocks H6629 came H935 to drink H8354; and they mated H3179 when they came H935 to drink H8354.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - So the flocks H6629 mated H3179 by the rods H4731, and the flocks H6629 delivered H3205 striped H6124, speckled H5348, and spotted H2921 offspring.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - Then Jacob H3290 separated H6504 the lambs H3775, and [fn]made H5414 the flocks H6629 face H6440 toward H413 the striped H6124 and all H3605 the black H2345 in the flock H6629 of Laban H3837; and he put H7896 his own herds H5739 apart H905, and did not put H7896 them with Laban’s H3837 flock H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - Moreover, whenever H3605 the stronger H7194 of the flock H6629 were mating H3179, Jacob H3290 would place H7760 the rods H4731 in the sight H5869 of the flock H6629 in the drinking H7298 troughs H7298, so that they would mate H3179 by the rods H4731;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42 - but when the flock H6629 was sickly H5848, he did not put H7760 them in; so the sickly H5848 were Laban’s H3837, and the stronger H7194 were Jacob’s H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So the man H376 [fn]became H6555 exceedingly H3966 prosperous H6555, and had H1961 large H7227 flocks H6629, and female H8198 and male H5650 servants H5650 H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - So Jacob H3290 sent H7971 word and called H7121 Rachel H7354 and Leah H3812 to his flock H6629 in the field H7704,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - “If H518 he said H559 this H3541: ‘The speckled H5348 shall be your wages H7939,’ then all H3605 the flock H6629 delivered H3205 speckled H5348; and if H518 he said H559 this H3541: ‘The striped H6124 shall be your wages H7939,’ then all H3605 the flock H6629 delivered H3205 striped H6124.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “And it came H1961 about H1961 at the time H6256 when the flock H6629 was breeding H3179 that I raised H5375 my eyes H5869 and saw H7200 in a dream H2472—and behold H2009—the male H6260 goats H6260 that were [fn]mating H5927 were striped H6124, speckled H5348, or mottled H1261.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - “He said H559, ‘Now H4994 raise H5375 your eyes H5869 and see H7200 that all H3605 the male H6260 goats H6260 that are [fn]mating H5927 are striped H6124, speckled H5348, or mottled H1261; for I have seen H7200 everything H3605 that Laban H3837 has been doing H6213 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - Laban H3837 had gone H1980 to shear H1494 his flock H6629, and Rachel H7354 stole H1589 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 that were her father’s H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - “For these H2088 twenty H6242 years H8141 I have been with you; your ewes H7353 and your female H5795 goats H5795 have not miscarried H7921, nor H3808 have I eaten H398 the rams H352 of your flocks H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - “For these H2088 twenty H6242 years H8141 I have been in your house H1004; I served H5647 you fourteen H702 H6240 years H8141 for your two H8147 daughters H1323, and six H8337 years H8141 for your flock H6629, and you changed H2498 my wages H4909 ten H6235 times H4489.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 -

Then Laban H3837 replied H6030 to Jacob H3290, “The daughters H1323 are my daughters H1323, the [fn]children H1121 are my [fn]grandchildren H1121, the flocks H6629 are my flocks H6629, and everything H3605 that you see H7200 is mine. But what H4100 can I do H6213 this day H3117 to these H428 daughters H1323 of mine or H176 to their children H1121 to whom H834 they have given H3205 birth H3205?

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - and I have H1961 oxen H7794, donkeys H2543, flocks H6629, and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198; and I have sent H7971 messengers to tell H5046 my lord H113, so that I may find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob H3290 was H3372 greatly H3966 afraid H3372 and distressed H6887; and he divided H2673 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and the flocks H6629, the herds H1241, and the camels H1581, into two H8147 companies H4264;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13 - But he said H559 to him, “My lord H113 knows H3045 that the children H3206 are frail H7390 and that the flocks H6629 and herds H1241 that are nursing H5763 are [fn]a matter H5921 of H5921 concern H5921 to me. And if they are driven H1849 hard H1849 just one H259 day H3117, all H3605 the flocks H6629 will die H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - They took H3947 their flocks H6629, their herds H1241, and their donkeys H2543, and that which H834 was in the city H5892 and that which H834 was in the field H7704;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Jacob H3290.

Joseph H3130, when he was seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age H1121, was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251, while he was still a youth H5288, along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, his father’s H1 wives H802. And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back a bad H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father H1.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 -

Then his brothers H251 went H1980 to pasture H7462 their father’s H1 flock H6629 in Shechem H7927.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said H559 to him, “Go H1980 now H4994 and see H7200 about H7200 the welfare H7965 of your brothers H251 and the welfare H7965 of the flock H6629, and bring H7725 word H1697 back H7725 to me.” So he sent H7971 him from the Valley H6010 of Hebron H2275, and he came H935 to Shechem H7927.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 -

Now [fn]after a considerable H7235 time H3117 Shua’s H7770 daughter H1323, the wife H802 of Judah H3063, died H4191; and when [fn]the time H5162 of H5162 mourning H5162 was ended H5162, Judah H3063 went H5927 up H5927 to his sheepshearers H6629 H1494 at Timnah H8553, he and his friend H7453 Hirah H2437 the Adullamite H5726.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And Tamar H8559 was told H5046, “Behold H2009, your father-in-law H2524 is going H5927 up H5927 to Timnah H8553 to shear H1494 his sheep H6629.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:17 - He said H559, therefore, “I will send H7971 you a [fn]young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 from the flock H6629.” She then said H559, “Will you give H5414 a pledge H6162 until H5704 you send H7971 it?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - “For you shall live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657, and you shall be near H7138 me, you and your children H1121 and your [fn]grandchildren H1121, and your flocks H6629 and your herds H1241 and all H3605 that you have.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32 - and the men H376 are shepherds H7462, for they have been H1961 [fn]keepers H376 of livestock H4735; and they have brought H935 their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you shall say H559, ‘Your servants H5650 have been H1961 [fn]keepers H376 of livestock H4735 since H4480 our youth H5271 even until H5704 now H6258, both H1571 we and our fathers H1,’ so H5668 that H5668 you may live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657; for every H3605 shepherd H7462 is an abomination H8441 to the Egyptians H4714.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 -

Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547, and said H559, “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to his brothers H251, “What H4100 is your occupation H4639?” So they said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “Your servants H5650 are shepherds H7462, both H1571 we and our fathers H1.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “We have come H935 to reside H1481 in the land H776, for there H369 is H369 no H369 pasture H4829 for your servants’ H5650 flocks H6629, for the famine H7458 is severe H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667. Now H6258, therefore, please H4994 let your servants H5650 live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”

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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

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