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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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Ezekiel 34:6
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:6 · retained source text

My sheepe wandered through all the mountaines, and vpon euery high hill: yea my flocke was scattered vpon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seeke after them.

Ezekiel 34:11
¶ For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:11 · retained source text

¶ For thus saith the LORD God, Behold, I, euen I will both search my sheepe, and seeke them out.

Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:12 · retained source text

As a shepheard seeketh out his flocke in the day that hee is among his sheepe that are scattered: so wil I seeke out my sheep, and will deliuer them out of all places, where they haue bene scattered in the cloudie and darke day.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to the seeking.

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