כִּבְשָׂהkibsâh

ewe-lambs (2 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 12:6; Leviticus 14:10; Numbers 6:14; 2 Samuel 12:4)

Pronunciation: kib-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3535

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 21:28 But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.
  • Genesis 21:29 Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”
  • Genesis 21:30 Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”
  • Leviticus 14:10 “On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive oil.
  • Numbers 6:14 and offer their sacrifices to the Lord: a one-year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a one-year-old female lamb without defect for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a peace offering,
  • 2 Samuel 12:3 The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
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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).