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צֹאן H6629
H6629 is the Hebrew word צֹאן, transliterated tsôʼn and said tsone. The King James Version most often renders it sheep.
What it means
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men).
Where it comes from
or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 215 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
Verses using צֹאן
The first 40 of 215 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 4:2 · KJV
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:4 · KJV
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Genesis 12:16 · KJV
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Genesis 13:5 · KJV
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Genesis 20:14 · KJV
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 21:27 · KJV
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Genesis 24:35 · KJV
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 26:14 · KJV
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 27:9 · KJV
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
Genesis 29:2 · KJV
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
Genesis 29:3 · KJV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
Genesis 29:7 · KJV
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Genesis 29:9 · KJV
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
Genesis 29:10 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
Genesis 30:32 · KJV
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
Genesis 30:38 · KJV
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
Genesis 30:39 · KJV
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
Genesis 30:40 · KJV
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
Genesis 30:41 · KJV
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Genesis 30:42 · KJV
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
Genesis 30:43 · KJV
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 31:8 · KJV
If 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.
Genesis 31:10 · KJV
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
Genesis 31:12 · KJV
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis 31:19 · KJV
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
Genesis 31:38 · KJV
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
Genesis 31:41 · KJV
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 31:43 · KJV
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
Genesis 32:5 · KJV
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:7 · KJV
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Genesis 33:13 · KJV
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Genesis 34:28 · KJV
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Genesis 37:2 · KJV
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 37:12 · KJV
And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:14 · KJV
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 38:12 · KJV
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:17 · KJV
And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
Genesis 45:10 · KJV
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
Genesis 46:32 · KJV
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
Genesis 46:34 · KJV
That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6629 mean?
H6629 is the Hebrew word צֹאן (tsôʼn), meaning a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men).
How is H6629 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it sheep (89 times), flock (50 times), flocks (43 times), cattle (13 times), out of the flock (6 times), among others.
How many times does H6629 appear in the Bible?
צֹאן (tsôʼn) is tagged in 215 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6629 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate.
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