HebrewH3535Noun (Feminine)

כִּבְשָׂה

kiv.sah

8Occurrences
H3535Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a ewe

or כַּבְשָׂה; feminine of H3532 (כֶּבֶשׂ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ewe-lamb, lamb

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

כִּבְשָׂה appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3
Genesis
3
Leviticus
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 12:3BSB

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:4BSB

Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

2 Samuel 12:6BSB

Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”

Genesis 21:28BSB

Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

Genesis 21:29BSB

and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

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