KJV dictionary & concordance

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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Hosea 12:12

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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 12:12 · retained source text

And Iacob fled into the countrey of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.

1611 marginal noteGen.28.5.

1611 marginal noteGene.29.20,28.

Complete reference index — all 178 verses

Genesis 4:2 Genesis 12:16 Genesis 20:14 Genesis 21:27 Genesis 29:2 Genesis 29:3 Genesis 29:6 Genesis 29:7 Genesis 29:8 Genesis 29:9 Genesis 29:10 Genesis 30:32 Genesis 30:33 Genesis 30:35 Genesis 31:19 Genesis 34:28 Genesis 38:13 Exodus 9:3 Exodus 12:5 Exodus 20:24 Exodus 22:1 Exodus 22:4 Exodus 22:9 Exodus 22:10 Exodus 22:30 Exodus 34:19 Leviticus 1:10 Leviticus 7:23 Leviticus 22:19 Leviticus 22:21 Leviticus 22:27 Leviticus 27:26 Numbers 18:17 Numbers 22:40 Numbers 27:17 Numbers 31:28 Numbers 31:32 Numbers 31:36 Numbers 31:37 Numbers 31:43 Numbers 32:24 Numbers 32:36 Deuteronomy 7:13 Deuteronomy 14:4 Deuteronomy 14:26 Deuteronomy 15:19 Deuteronomy 17:1 Deuteronomy 18:3 Deuteronomy 18:4 Deuteronomy 22:1 Deuteronomy 28:4 Deuteronomy 28:18 Deuteronomy 28:31 Deuteronomy 28:51 Deuteronomy 32:14 Joshua 6:21 Joshua 7:24 Judges 6:4 1 Samuel 8:17 1 Samuel 14:32 1 Samuel 14:34 1 Samuel 15:3 1 Samuel 15:9 1 Samuel 15:14 1 Samuel 15:15 1 Samuel 15:21 1 Samuel 16:11 1 Samuel 16:19 1 Samuel 17:15 1 Samuel 17:20 1 Samuel 17:28 1 Samuel 17:34 1 Samuel 22:19 1 Samuel 25:2 1 Samuel 25:4 1 Samuel 25:16 1 Samuel 25:18 1 Samuel 27:9 2 Samuel 7:8 2 Samuel 17:29 2 Samuel 24:17 1 Kings 1:9 1 Kings 1:19 1 Kings 1:25 1 Kings 4:23 1 Kings 8:5 1 Kings 8:63 1 Kings 22:17 2 Kings 5:26 1 Chronicles 5:21 1 Chronicles 12:40 1 Chronicles 17:7 1 Chronicles 21:17 2 Chronicles 5:6 2 Chronicles 7:5 2 Chronicles 14:15 2 Chronicles 15:11 2 Chronicles 18:2 2 Chronicles 18:16 2 Chronicles 29:33 2 Chronicles 30:24 2 Chronicles 31:6 Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 3:32 Nehemiah 5:18 Nehemiah 12:39 Job 1:3 Job 1:16 Job 31:20 Job 42:12 Psalms 8:7 Psalms 44:11 Psalms 44:22 Psalms 49:14 Psalms 74:1 Psalms 78:52 Psalms 79:13 Psalms 95:7 Psalms 100:3 Psalms 119:176 Psalms 144:13 Song of Solomon 4:2 Song of Solomon 6:6 Isaiah 7:21 Isaiah 13:14 Isaiah 22:13 Isaiah 53:6 Isaiah 53:7 Jeremiah 12:3 Jeremiah 23:1 Jeremiah 50:6 Jeremiah 50:17 Ezekiel 34:6 Ezekiel 34:11 Ezekiel 34:12 Hosea 12:12 Joel 1:18 Micah 2:12 Micah 5:8 Zechariah 13:7 Matthew 9:36 Matthew 10:6 Matthew 10:16 Matthew 12:11 Matthew 12:12 Matthew 15:24 Matthew 18:12 Matthew 18:13 Matthew 25:32 Matthew 25:33 Matthew 26:31 Mark 6:34 Mark 14:27 Luke 15:4 Luke 15:6 John 2:14 John 2:15 John 5:2 John 10:2 John 10:3 John 10:4 John 10:7 John 10:8 John 10:11 John 10:12 John 10:13 John 10:14 John 10:15 John 10:16 John 10:26 John 10:27 John 21:16 John 21:17 Acts 8:32 Romans 8:36 Hebrews 13:20 1 Peter 2:25 Revelation 18:13

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