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sheep

Meaning of “sheep”

Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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187 occurrences178 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:2

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2 Chronicles 5:6
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 5:6 · retained source text

Also king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him before the Arke, sacrificed sheepe and oxen, which could not be told nor numbred for multitude.

2 Chronicles 7:5
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:5 · retained source text

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twentie and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twentie thousand sheepe. So the King and all the people, dedicated the house of God.

2 Chronicles 14:15
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 14:15 · retained source text

They smote also the tents of cattell, and caried away sheepe and camels inabundance, and returned to Ierusalem.

2 Chronicles 15:11
And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 15:11 · retained source text

And they offered vnto the LORD the same time, of the spoile which they had brought, seuen hundred oxen, and seuen thousand sheepe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in that day.

2 Chronicles 18:2
And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:2 · retained source text

And after certaine yeeres, he went downe to Ahab to Samaria: and Ahab killed sheepe and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and perswaded him to goe vp with him to Ramoth Gilead.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at the end of yeeres.

1611 marginal note1.King.22 2.

2 Chronicles 18:16
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:16 · retained source text

Then he sayd, I did see all Israel scattered vpon the mountaines, as sheepe that haue no shepheard: and the LORD sayd, These haue no master, let them returne therefore, euery man to his house in peace.

2 Chronicles 30:24
For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 30:24 · retained source text

For Hezekiah king of Iudah did giue to the Congregation, a thousand bullockes, and seuen thousand sheep: and the Princes gaue to the Congregation a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheepe, and a great number of Priests sanctified themselues.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lifted vp or offred.

2 Chronicles 31:6
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 31:6 · retained source text

And concerning the children of Israel and Iudah, that dwelt in the cities of Iudah, they also brought in the tithes of oxen and sheepe, and the tithe of holy things, which were consecrated vnto the LORD their God, and layd them by heapes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heapes heapes

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 27.30. deu. 14.28.

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