צֹאןtsôʼn
small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
Pronunciation: tsone · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6629
Meanings
1. literally
a. small cattle, usually of sheep and goats in one flock (Genesis 30:31; Genesis 30:32; Genesis 21:28)
b. sometimes of a definite number of animals (i.e. as plural of שֶׂה, etc.) (Isaiah 7:21; Exodus 21:37; 1 Samuel 25:2)
2. simile of multitude (Ezekiel 36:37; Ezekiel 36:38; Psalms 107:41)
3. metaphor of multitude (Ezekiel 36:38; 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Chronicles 21:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 274 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
- Genesis 4:4 Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
- Genesis 12:16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
- Genesis 13:5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.
- Genesis 20:14 Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.
- Genesis 21:27 Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:2, 4:4, 12:16, 13:5, 20:14, 21:27, 21:28, 24:35, 26:14, 27:9, 29:2, 29:3, 29:6, 29:7, 29:8, 29:9, 29:10, 30:31, 30:32, 30:36, 30:38, 30:39, 30:40, 30:41, 30:42, 30:43, 31:4, 31:8, 31:10, 31:12, 31:19, 31:38, 31:41, 31:43, 32:5, 32:7, 33:13, 34:28, 37:2, 37:12, 37:14, 38:12, 38:13, 38:17, 45:10, 46:32, 46:34, 47:1, 47:3, 47:4, 47:17, 50:8
- Exodus 2:16, 2:17, 2:19, 3:1, 9:3, 10:9, 10:24, 12:21, 12:32, 12:38, 20:24, 22:1, 22:30, 34:3
- Leviticus 1:2, 1:10, 3:6, 5:6, 5:15, 5:18, 6:6, 22:21, 27:32
- Numbers 11:22, 15:3, 22:40, 27:17, 31:28, 31:30, 31:32, 31:36, 31:37, 31:43, 32:16, 32:36
- Deuteronomy 7:13, 8:13, 12:6, 12:17, 12:21, 14:23, 14:26, 15:14, 15:19, 16:2, 18:4, 28:4, 28:18, 28:31, 28:51, 32:14
- Joshua 7:24
- 1 Samuel 8:17, 14:32, 15:9, 15:14, 15:15, 15:21, 16:11, 16:19, 17:15, 17:20, 17:28, 17:34, 24:3, 25:2, 25:4, 25:16, 25:18, 27:9, 30:20
- 2 Samuel 7:8, 12:2, 12:4, 17:29, 24:17
- 1 Kings 1:9, 1:19, 1:25, 4:23, 8:5, 8:63, 22:17
- 2 Kings 5:26
- 1 Chronicles 4:39, 4:41, 5:21, 12:40, 17:7, 21:17, 27:31
- 2 Chronicles 5:6, 7:5, 14:15, 15:11, 17:11, 18:2, 18:16, 29:33, 30:24, 31:6, 32:29, 35:7
- Ezra 10:19
- Nehemiah 3:1, 3:32, 5:18, 10:36, 12:39
- Job 1:3, 1:16, 21:11, 30:1, 42:12
- Psalms 44:11, 44:22, 49:14, 65:13, 74:1, 77:20, 78:52, 78:70, 79:13, 80:1, 95:7, 100:3, 107:41, 114:4, 114:6, 144:13
- Proverbs 27:23
- Ecclesiastes 2:7
- Song of Solomon 1:8
- Isaiah 7:21, 13:14, 22:13, 53:6, 60:7, 61:5, 63:11, 65:10
- Jeremiah 3:24, 5:17, 12:3, 13:20, 23:1, 23:2, 23:3, 25:34, 25:35, 25:36, 31:12, 33:12, 33:13, 49:20, 49:29, 50:6, 50:8, 50:45
- Ezekiel 24:5, 25:5, 34:2, 34:3, 34:6, 34:8, 34:10, 34:11, 34:12, 34:15, 34:17, 34:19, 34:22, 34:31, 36:37, 36:38, 43:23, 43:25, 45:15
- Hosea 5:6
- Joel 1:18
- Amos 6:4, 7:15
- Jonah 3:7
- Micah 2:12, 5:8, 7:14
- Habakkuk 3:17
- Zephaniah 2:6
- Zechariah 9:16, 10:2, 11:4, 11:7, 11:11, 11:17, 13:7
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