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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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Showing verses 151–160 of 178 · 187 word occurrences in this result

Matthew 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 26:31 · retained source text

Then saith Iesus vnto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night, For it is written, I will smite the Shepheard, and the sheepe of the flocke shall be scattered abroad.

1611 marginal noteMarke 14.27. iohn. 16.32.

1611 marginal noteZach. 13.7.

Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 6:34 · retained source text

And Iesus when he came out, saw much people, and was moued with compassion toward them, because they were as sheepe not hauing a shepherd: and hee beganne to teach them many things.

1611 marginal noteMat. 6.39.

Mark 14:27
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 14:27 · retained source text

And Iesus saith vnto them, All ye shall be offended because of mee this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepheard, and the sheepe shall be scattered.

1611 marginal noteMat. 26.31.

Luke 15:4
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 15:4 · retained source text

What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it?

1611 marginal noteMatth. 18.12.

Luke 15:6
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 15:6 · retained source text

And when he commeth home, he calleth together his friends, and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with me, for I haue found my sheepe which was lost.

John 2:14
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 2:14 · retained source text

And found in the Temple those that sold oxen, and sheepe, and doues, and the changers of money, sitting.

John 2:15
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 2:15 · retained source text

And when he had made a scourge of small cordes, he droue them all out of the Temple, and the sheepe & the oxen, and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrew the tables,

John 5:2
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 5:2 · retained source text

Now there is at Hierusalem by the sheepe market, a poole, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, hauing fiue porches.

1611 marginal noteOr, gate.

John 10:2
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 10:2 · retained source text

But hee that entreth in by the doore, is the shepherd of the sheepe.

John 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · John 10:3 · retained source text

To him the porter openeth, and the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out.

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