H6629 צֹאן
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 264 KJV occurrences
צֹאן
tsôʼn · tsone
Definition
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV Renderings
(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
Derivation / Etymology
or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 264)
- Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 31:8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
- Exodus 10:24¶ And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
- Deuteronomy 14:26And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
- 2 Samuel 12:4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
- Nehemiah 3:32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- Jeremiah 3:24For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.