כֶּבֶשׂkebes

lamb

Pronunciation: keh-bes' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3532

Meanings

1. lamb (Isaiah 1:11; Exodus 29:38; Exodus 29:39)

2. lambs, as grazing (Isaiah 5:17; Hosea 4:16; Isaiah 11:6)

3. lambs, as furnishing wool for clothing (Job 31:20; Proverbs 27:26)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 107 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 12:5 The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.
  • Exodus 29:38 “These are the sacrifices you are to offer regularly on the altar. Each day, offer two lambs that are a year old,
  • Exodus 29:39 one in the morning and the other in the evening.
  • Exodus 29:40 With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering.
  • Exodus 29:41 Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.
  • Leviticus 4:32 “If the people bring a sheep as their sin offering, it must be a female with no defects.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).