צֹאן
flock
also: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flocks fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
170 distinct verses where H6629 appears in the Absolute state, across 27 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 36 verses
- Genesis 4:2 צֹ֔אן n c bs Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 12:16 צֹאן n c bs He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
- Genesis 13:5 צֹאן n c bs Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
- Genesis 20:14 צֹ֣אן n c bs Abimelech took sheep and oxen, men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife to him.
- Genesis 21:27 צֹ֣אן n c bs Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
- Genesis 21:28 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
- Genesis 24:35 צֹ֤אן n c bs Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 26:14 צֹאן֙ n c bs He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 27:9 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
- Genesis 29:2 צֹאן֙ n c bs He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was great.
- Genesis 29:3 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.
- Genesis 29:6 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
- Genesis 29:7 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the cattle together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
- Genesis 29:8 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."
- Genesis 29:9 הַ/צֹּאן֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
- Genesis 30:38 הַ/צֹּ֤אן הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
- Genesis 30:39 הַ/צֹּ֖אן הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Genesis 30:40 הַ/צֹּ֧אן בְּ/צֹ֣אן צֹ֥אן ptcl def.art + n c bs prep + n c bs cs n c bs cs Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock.
- Genesis 30:41 הַ/צֹּ֣אן הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
- Genesis 30:42 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
- Genesis 30:43 צֹ֣אן n c bs The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 31:8 הַ/צֹּ֖אן הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.
- Genesis 31:10 הַ/צֹּ֔אן הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
- Genesis 31:12 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
- Genesis 31:43 וְ/הַ/צֹּ֣אן צֹאנִ֔/י conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
- Genesis 32:5 צֹ֖אן n c bs I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, men-servants, and maid-servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
- Genesis 32:7 הַ/צֹּ֧אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
- Genesis 33:13 וְ/הַ/צֹּ֥אן הַ/צֹּֽאן conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
- Genesis 37:2 בַּ/צֹּ֔אן prep det + n c bs This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
- Genesis 37:14 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 38:17 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"
- Genesis 46:32 צֹ֔אן וְ/צֹאנָ֧/ם n c bs conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'
- Genesis 46:34 צֹֽאן n c bs that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
- Genesis 47:3 צֹאן֙ n c bs Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."
- Genesis 47:4 לַ/צֹּאן֙ prep det + n c bs They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
- Genesis 47:17 הַ/צֹּ֛אן ptcl def.art + n c bs They brought their cattle to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
Exodus 7 verses
- Exodus 2:19 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
- Exodus 3:1 צֹ֛אן הַ/צֹּאן֙ n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
- Exodus 9:3 וּ/בַ/צֹּ֑אן conj + prep det + n c bs behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
- Exodus 12:21 צֹ֛אן n c bs Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.
- Exodus 12:38 וְ/צֹ֣אן conj + n c bs A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much cattle.
- Exodus 22:1 צֹ֖אן n c bs "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 34:3 הַ/צֹּ֤אן ptcl def.art + n c bs No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain."
Leviticus 9 verses
- Leviticus 1:2 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your offering of the cattle, from the herd and from the flock.
- Leviticus 1:10 הַ/צֹּ֨אן ptcl def.art + n c bs "'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep, or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish.
- Leviticus 3:6 הַ/צֹּ֧אן ptcl def.art + n c bs "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
- Leviticus 5:6 הַ/צֹּ֥אן ptcl def.art + n c bs and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 5:15 הַ/צֹּ֗אן ptcl def.art + n c bs "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
- Leviticus 5:18 הַ/צֹּ֛אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He shall bring a ram without blemish from of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing in which he sinned and didn't know it, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:6 הַ/צֹּ֛אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest.
- Leviticus 22:21 בַ/צֹּ֑אן prep det + n c bs Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
- Leviticus 27:32 וָ/צֹ֔אן conj + n c bs All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
Numbers 12 verses
- Numbers 11:22 הֲ/צֹ֧אן ptcl inter + n c bs Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
- Numbers 15:3 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor to Yahweh, of the herd, or of the flock;
- Numbers 22:40 וָ/צֹ֑אן conj + n c bs Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
- Numbers 27:17 כַּ/צֹּ֕אן prep det + n c bs who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd.
- Numbers 31:28 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
- Numbers 31:30 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.
- Numbers 31:32 צֹ֗אן n c bs Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
- Numbers 31:36 הַ/צֹּ֗אן ptcl def.art + n c bs The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
- Numbers 31:37 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
- Numbers 31:43 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
- Numbers 32:16 צֹ֛אן n c bs They came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
- Numbers 32:36 צֹֽאן n c bs and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 14:26 וּ/בַ/צֹּ֗אן conj + prep det + n c bs and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
- Deuteronomy 16:2 צֹ֣אן n c bs You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
- Deuteronomy 32:14 צֹ֗אן n c bs Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, Rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
1 Samuel 16 verses
- 1 Samuel 14:32 צֹ֧אן n c bs and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
- 1 Samuel 15:9 הַ/צֹּאן֩ ptcl def.art + n c bs But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
- 1 Samuel 15:14 הַ/צֹּ֥אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
- 1 Samuel 15:15 הַ/צֹּאן֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
- 1 Samuel 15:21 צֹ֥אן n c bs But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 16:11 בַּ/צֹּ֑אן prep det + n c bs Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.
- 1 Samuel 16:19 בַּ/צֹּֽאן prep det + n c bs Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.
- 1 Samuel 17:20 הַ/צֹּאן֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 הַ/צֹּ֤אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:34 בַּ/צֹּ֑אן prep det + n c bs David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
- 1 Samuel 24:3 הַ/צֹּ֤אן ptcl def.art + n c bs He came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
- 1 Samuel 25:2 צֹ֥אן צֹאנ֖/וֹ n c bs n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:16 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:18 צֹ֤אן n c bs Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 27:9 צֹ֨אן n c bs David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
- 1 Samuel 30:20 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
2 Samuel 4 verses
- 2 Samuel 7:8 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;
- 2 Samuel 12:2 צֹ֥אן n c bs The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
- 2 Samuel 17:29 וְ/צֹאן֙ conj + n c bs and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
- 2 Samuel 24:17 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house.
1 Kings 7 verses
- 1 Kings 1:9 צֹ֤אן n c bs Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants:
- 1 Kings 1:19 וְ/צֹאן֮ conj + n c bs and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.
- 1 Kings 1:25 וְ/צֹאן֮ conj + n c bs For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 4:23 צֹ֑אן n c bs ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.
- 1 Kings 8:5 צֹ֣אן n c bs King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
- 1 Kings 8:63 וְ/צֹ֕אן conj + n c bs Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 22:17 כַּ/צֹּ֕אן prep det + n c bs He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
2 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 5 verses
- 1 Chronicles 5:21 וְ/צֹ֗אן conj + n c bs They took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 12:40 וְ/צֹ֖אן conj + n c bs Moreover those who were near to them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.
- 1 Chronicles 27:31 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
2 Chronicles 12 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:6 צֹ֣אן n c bs King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 וְ/צֹ֕אן conj + n c bs King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 14:15 צֹ֤אן n c bs They struck also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 וְ/צֹ֖אן conj + n c bs They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 צֹ֕אן n c bs Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.
- 2 Chronicles 18:2 צֹ֤אן n c bs After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 18:16 כַּ/צֹּ֕אן prep det + n c bs He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 29:33 וְ/צֹ֖אן conj + n c bs The consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 צֹאן֒ וְ/צֹ֖אן n c bs conj + n c bs For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 וָ/צֹ֔אן conj + n c bs The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 32:29 צֹ֥אן n c bs Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
- 2 Chronicles 35:7 צֹ֞אן n c bs Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 3:1 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 3:32 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- Nehemiah 5:18 צֹ֠אן n c bs Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
- Nehemiah 12:39 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
Job 4 verses
- Job 1:3 צֹ֜אן n c bs His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Job 1:16 בַּ/צֹּ֛אן prep det + n c bs While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 21:11 כַ֭/צֹּאן prep det + n c bs They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
- Job 42:12 צֹ֗אן n c bs So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
Psalms 9 verses
- Psalms 49:14 כַּ/צֹּ֤אן prep det + n c bs They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, Far from their mansion.
- Psalms 65:13 הַ/צֹּ֗אן ptcl def.art + n c bs The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
- Psalms 77:20 כַ/צֹּ֣אן prep det + n c bs You led your people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Psalms 78:52 כַּ/צֹּ֣אן prep det + n c bs But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- Psalms 78:70 צֹֽאן n c bs He also chose David his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
- Psalms 80:1 כַּ/צֹּ֣אן prep det + n c bs Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
- Psalms 107:41 כַּ֝/צֹּ֗אן prep det + n c bs Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, And increases their families like a flock.
- Psalms 114:4 צֹֽאן n c bs The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
- Psalms 114:6 צֹֽאן n c bs You mountains, that you skipped like rams; You little hills, like lambs?
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 5 verses
- Isaiah 7:21 צֹֽאן n c bs It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
- Isaiah 13:14 וּ/כְ/צֹ֖אן conj + prep + n c bs It shall happen, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathers, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
- Isaiah 22:13 צֹ֔אן n c bs and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
- Isaiah 53:6 כַּ/צֹּ֣אן prep det + n c bs All we like sheep have gone astray; everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 65:10 צֹ֔אן n c bs Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
Jeremiah 11 verses
- Jeremiah 12:3 כְּ/צֹ֣אן prep + n c bs But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 25:34 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.
- Jeremiah 25:35 הַ/צֹּֽאן ptcl def.art + n c bs The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
- Jeremiah 25:36 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.
- Jeremiah 31:12 צֹ֖אן n c bs They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
- Jeremiah 33:12 צֹֽאן n c bs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all the cities of it, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
- Jeremiah 33:13 הַ/צֹּ֛אן ptcl def.art + n c bs In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him who numbers them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:20 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
- Jeremiah 50:6 צֹ֤אן n c bs My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.
- Jeremiah 50:8 צֹֽאן n c bs Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
- Jeremiah 50:45 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
Ezekiel 9 verses
- Ezekiel 24:5 הַ/צֹּאן֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 25:5 צֹ֑אן n c bs I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 34:2 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?
- Ezekiel 34:3 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.
- Ezekiel 34:10 צֹאנִ֣/י צֹ֔אן צֹאנִ/י֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c bs n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
- Ezekiel 36:37 כַּ/צֹּ֖אן prep det + n c bs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
- Ezekiel 43:23 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
- Ezekiel 43:25 הַ/צֹּ֖אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Seven days shall you prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
- Ezekiel 45:15 הַ/צֹּ֤אן ptcl def.art + n c bs and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel; -for a meal-offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord Yahweh.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 6:4 מִ/צֹּ֔אן prep + n c bs Who lie on beds of ivory, And stretch themselves on their couches, And eat the lambs out of the flock, And the calves out of the midst of the stall;
- Amos 7:15 הַ/צֹּ֑אן ptcl def.art + n c bs and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
Jonah 1 verse
Micah 2 verses
- Micah 2:12 כְּ/צֹ֣אן prep + n c bs I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, As a flock in the midst of their pasture; They will swarm with people.
- Micah 5:8 צֹ֑אן n c bs The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the animals of the forest, Like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; Who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, And there is no one to deliver.
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 10:2 צֹ֔אן n c bs For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; And they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
- Zechariah 11:7 צֹ֣אן הַ/צֹּ֑אן הַ/צֹּֽאן n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.
- Zechariah 11:11 הַ/צֹּאן֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.
- Zechariah 11:17 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
- Zechariah 13:7 הַ/צֹּ֔אן ptcl def.art + n c bs "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, And against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; And I will turn my hand against the little ones.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, צאן (tsôʼn) means “flock.” Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “small cattle”, “sheep”, and “sheep and goats”. With 247 verses in 30 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 4:2, it enters the text early. From the same root come צנא and צאנן. Dig into 247-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6629 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 247
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 247 distinct verses.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #180
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 180 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 247 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 247 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 103 verses · 42%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 95 verses · 38%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 49 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Sheep 97×, Flock 68×, Flocks 43×
- American Standard Version: Sheep 88×, Flock 63×, Flocks 40×
- Berean Standard Bible: Sheep 85×, Flock 70×, Flocks 62×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Flock 95×, Sheep 69×, Flock s 32×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6629 across 264 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 10 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6629 across 265 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 50 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6629 across 259 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6629 across 277 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. lit.
- a. small cattle, usually of sheep and goats in one flock (RobBR i. 477) Gn 30:31, 32 +; sheep specified also 21:28 (כִּבְשׂת הַצּ׳), 31:38 (אֵילֵי צ׳) +; sheep only 1 S 25:2 (+ עִזִּים); goats specified Gn 27:9; Je 50:8; צ׳ as yielding (1) animals for food Am 6:4 (כָּרִים), 1 S 14:32; 2 S 12:4; Ne 5:18 +; צ׳ מַאֲכָל ψ 44:12 (in sim.); (2) wool Gn 31:19 + (v. [גָּזַז], גֵּז); (3) milk, חֲלֵב צ׳ Dt 32:14 (? goats’ milk, cf. Pr 27:27); (4) sacrif. victims Gn 4:4 (J), Lv 1:2, 10; 3:6; Nu 15:3 (all P), 22:40 (E), Dt 12:6, 17, 21 + often; so צֹאן קָדָשִׁים Ez 36:38a, cf. בְּכוֹרֵי בְקָרֵינוּ וְצֹאנֵינוּ Ne 10:37; in gen. as property (often + בָּקָר, etc.) Gn 12:16; 13:5; 24:35 Jb 1:3; 42:12 + often (v. also ii. [עַשְׁתָּרוֹת]); gift Gn 20:14; 21:27; 38:17 (goat), Dt 15:14; 2 Ch 17:11; booty 1 S 15:9, 15 +. e.g. Genesis 30:31
- b. צ׳ sometimes of a definite number of animals (i.e. as pl. of שֶׂה, etc.): two Is 7:21, four Ex 21:37 (larger numbers v. 1 S 25:2, 5, 18; Nu 31:32, 36; Ne 5:18; Jb 1:3; 42:12 supr.).—Vid. also בֵּן 7 b; גְּדֵרָה, מִכְלָה, מַרְבֵּץ, נָוֶה, עֵדֶר; כֶּלֶב, רֹעֶה, שַׁעַר. e.g. Isaiah 7:21
- 2. sim. of multitude Ez 36:37, 38, cf. ψ 107:41; of children Jb 21:11; of dead, with death as shepherd ψ 49:15; of (shepherdless) Isr. Nu 27:17; 1 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 18:16; Zc 10:2; 13:7, wandering in sin Is 53:6; of Isr. led by י׳ ψ 77:21; 78:52; 80:2, cf. Zc 9:16 (on text v. We Now); Ez 34:12; of Isr. in distress, כְּצ׳ טִבְחָה ψ 44:23, cf. (of wicked) צ׳ לְטִבְחָה Je 12:3; of scattered Bab. Is 13:14. e.g. Ezekiel 36:37
- 3. metaph. of multitude, צ׳ אָדָם Ez 36:38; of Isr. 2 S 24:17 = 1 Ch 21:17; Je 23:1, 2, 3; Ez 24:5, and especially sustained fig. 34:2, 3 + 17 times 34, also Zc 11:7, 17; צ׳ אֹבְדוֹת Je 50:6, צ׳ תִּפְאַרְתֵּךְ 13:20; of Isr. under י׳’s care, (-וֹ, י—ִ) צ׳ מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָ ψ 74:1; 79:13; 100:3; Ez 34:31, also צ׳ יָדוֹ ψ 95:7 (‖ עַם־מַרְעִיתוֹ; read perhaps צ׳ מַרְעִיתוֹ, עַם יָדוֹ, so Che al.); צ׳ נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ Mi 7:14; also in combinations: אַדִּירֵי הַצּ׳ Je 25:34, 35, 36, צ׳ חַהֲרֵגָה Zc 11:4, 7 (cf. ψ 44:23), עֲנִיֵּי הַצּ׳ v 7, 11 (all of Isr.); of Edom צְעִירֵי הַצּ׳ Je 49:20; 50:45. e.g. Ezekiel 36:38
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.coll.f. Gn 30:36 (poss. m. v 39a +, KöSynt. § 247 g, but dub., v 39b c. vb. fpl., as usually; in 1 S 15:14 join הַזֶּה with קוֹל; v. further Albr ZAW xv (1895), 316 ff.) small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks;—צ׳ abs. Gn 4:2 +, cstr. 29:9 +; sf. צֹאנוֹ 4:4 +; צֹאנֵנוּ Ex 10:9, צֹאונֵנוּ ψ 144:13; as pl. צֹאנֵינוּ Ne 10:37 van d. H. Gi (not Baer); s. [צֹנֶא] צֹנֶה p. 856, etc.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning to migrate
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
צֹאן
- (b. h.) flock, small cattle. Gen. R. s. 73 צֹאנוֹ של לבן Laban’s flock. Gen. R. s. 42 אם אין תישים אין צ׳ אם אין צ׳ וכ׳ where there are no bucks, there is no flock, and where there is no flock, there is no shepherd; Lev. R. s. 11; Esth. R. introd.; a. fr.—צ׳ ברזל, v. בַּרְזֶל.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 117 distinct written forms H6629 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 57 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6629, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 231 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 247 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:2
- Exodus 2:16
- Leviticus 1:2
- Numbers 11:22
- Deuteronomy 7:13
- Joshua 7:24
- 1 Samuel 8:17
- 2 Samuel 7:8
- 1 Kings 1:9
- 2 Kings 5:26
- 1 Chronicles 4:39
- 2 Chronicles 5:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
