כֶּשֶׂבkeseb
lamb, (transposed from preceding) (Leviticus 3:7; Genesis 30:32; Genesis 30:33; Genesis 30:35; Genesis 30:40)
Pronunciation: keh'-seb · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3775
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:32 Let me inspect your flocks today and remove all the sheep and goats that are speckled or spotted, along with all the black sheep. Give these to me as my wages.
- Genesis 30:33 In the future, when you check on the animals you have given me as my wages, you’ll see that I have been honest. If you find in my flock any goats without speckles or spots, or any sheep that are not black, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
- Genesis 30:35 But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,
- Genesis 30:40 Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.
- Leviticus 1:10 “If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the flock, it may be either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a male with no defects.
- Leviticus 3:7 If you present a sheep as your offering, bring it to the Lord,
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).