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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

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 1 / 5 (Gen 4:2–Gen 47:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:14 - For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42 - But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13 - But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:17 - And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32 - And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

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