צֹאן

tsonNounH6629

flock

From: or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate;

Short Definition

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology H:N

DescriptionHebrew Noun

Occurrences

230 times

Appears 230 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
50
Ezk
19
1 Samuel
18
Jeremiah
18
Deuteronomy
16

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 17:7
  • 2 Samuel 7:8
  • Ezk 36:37
  • Genesis 4:2
  • Leviticus 1:2

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.