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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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Exodus 9:3
Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 9:3 · retained source text

Behold, the hand of the LORD is vpon thy cattell which is in the field, vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon the camels, vpon the oxen, and vpon the sheepe: there shall be a very grieuous murraine.

Exodus 12:5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:5 · retained source text

Your lambe shall be without blemish, a male of the first yeere: yee shall take it out from the sheepe or from the goates.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sonne of a yeere.

Exodus 20:24
¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 20:24 · retained source text

¶ An Altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: In all places where I record my Name, I will come vnto thee, and I will blesse thee.

Exodus 22:1
IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 22:1 · retained source text

¶ If a man shal steale an oxe, or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe, and foure sheepe for a sheepe.

1611 marginal noteOr, goate.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 12.6.

Exodus 22:4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:4 · retained source text

If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.

Exodus 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:9 · retained source text

For all maner of trespasse, whether it be for oxe, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his: the cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges, and whome the Iudges shall condemne, he shall pay double vnto his neighbour.

Exodus 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:10 · retained source text

If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour an asse, or an oxe, or a sheepe, or any beast to keepe, and it die, or be hurt, or driuen away, no man seeing it,

Exodus 22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:30 · retained source text

Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall be with his damme, on the eight day thou shalt giue it me.

Exodus 34:19
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 34:19 · retained source text

All that openeth the matrixe is mine: and euery firstling amongst thy cattell, whether oxe or sheepe, that is male.

1611 marginal noteChap. 22.29. ezech. 44.30.

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