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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 - Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[fn] for his family, one for each household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:5 - The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.[fn] The one whom the judges declare[fn] guilty must pay back double to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons. “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - “ ‘Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the LORD as a penalty for their sin—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 - But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox[fn] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - “ ‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the LORD; whether an ox[fn] or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 - Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4 - These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect or flaw in it, for that would be detestable to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - This is the share due the priests from the people who sacrifice a bull or a sheep: the shoulder, the internal organs and the meat from the head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - Then he said, “Go out among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your cattle and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with blood still in it.’ ” So everyone brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy[fn] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - He also put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:176

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:17 - “Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria; the last to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “ ‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself 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 - I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the people, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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