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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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Psalms 8:7
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 8:7 · retained source text

All sheepe and oxen, yea and the beasts of the field.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flocks and oxen, all of them.

Psalms 44:11
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 44:11 · retained source text

Thou hast giuen vs like sheepe appointed for meate: and hast scattered vs among the heathen.

1611 marginal noteHebr. as sheepe of meate.

Psalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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1611 witness · Psalms 44:22 · retained source text

Yea for thy sake are wee killed all the day long: wee are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

1611 marginal noteRom.8.36

Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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1611 witness · Psalms 49:14 · retained source text

Like sheepe they are layd in the graue, death shall feede on them; and the vpright shall haue dominion ouer them in the morning, and their beauty shall consume in the graue, from their dwelling.

1611 marginal noteOr, strength

1611 marginal noteOr, the graue being an habitation to euery one of them.

Psalms 78:52
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:52 · retained source text

But made his owne people to goe forth like sheepe: and guided them in the wildernesse like a flocke.

Psalms 79:13
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
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1611 witness · Psalms 79:13 · retained source text

So we thy people and sheepe of thy pasture, will giue thee thankes for euer: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to generation and generation.

Psalms 95:7
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
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1611 witness · Psalms 95:7 · retained source text

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheepe of his hand: to day if yee will heare his voyce,

Psalms 100:3
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
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1611 witness · Psalms 100:3 · retained source text

Know ye that the LORD, hee is God, it is he that hath made vs, and not we our selues: wee are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.

1611 marginal noteOr, and his we are.

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