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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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Deuteronomy 7:13
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:13 · retained source text

And hee will loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiply thee: Hee will also blesse the fruit of thy wombe, and the fruit of thy land, thy corne, and thy wine, and thine oile, the encrease of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe, in the land which hee sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.

Deuteronomy 14:4
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:4 · retained source text

These are the beasts which yee shall eate: the oxe, the sheepe, and the goat,

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 11.2.

Deuteronomy 14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:26 · retained source text

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheepe, or for wine, or for strong drinke, or for whatsoeuer thy soule desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt reioyce, thou and thine houshold.

1611 marginal noteHeb. asketh of thee.

Deuteronomy 15:19
¶ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:19 · retained source text

¶ All the firstling males that come of thy heard, and of thy flock, thou shalt sanctifie vnto the LORD thy God: thou shalt doe no worke with the firstling of thy bullocke, nor sheare the firstling of thy sheepe.

1611 marginal noteExod. 34.19.

Deuteronomy 17:1
THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 17:1 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not sacrifice vnto the LORD thy God any bullocke, or sheepe wherein is blemish, or any euilfauourednes: for that is an abomination vnto the LORD thy God.

1611 marginal noteOr, goat.

Deuteronomy 18:3
¶ And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:3 · retained source text

¶ And this shalbe the Priests due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it bee oxe or sheepe: and they shall giue vnto the Priest the shoulder, and the two cheekes, and the maw.

Deuteronomy 18:4
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:4 · retained source text

The first fruit also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thy oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe, shalt thou giue him.

Deuteronomy 22:1
THOU shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:1 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe, or his sheepe go astray, and hide thy selfe from them: thou shalt in any case bring them againe vnto thy brother.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.4.

Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:4 · retained source text

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.

Deuteronomy 28:18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:18 · retained source text

Cursed shalbe the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.

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