צֹאן

tsonflock
hebrewOld TestamentNoun274 occurrences30 books247 verses
This word comes from the name of Sheep Gate.

Definition

or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Traditional renderings: (small) cattle, flock ( -s), lamb ( -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

Glossary entries

Sheep Gate

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

274 total
  1. Genesis 37:14הַצֹּ֔אן · and the flocks
    Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
  2. Genesis 38:12צֹאנוֹ֙
    After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
  3. Genesis 38:13צֹאנֽוֹ׃ · his sheep
    When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
  4. Genesis 38:17הַצֹּ֑אן · my flock
    “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
  5. Genesis 45:10וְצֹאנְךָ֥ · your flocks
    You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
  6. Genesis 46:32 (2×)צֹ֔אן; וְצֹאנָ֧ם · their flocks
    The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
  7. Genesis 46:34צֹֽאן׃
    …you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
  8. Genesis 47:1וְצֹאנָ֤ם · with their flocks
    So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
  9. Genesis 47:3צֹאן֙
    “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
  10. Genesis 47:4לַצֹּאן֙ · for the flocks
    Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
  11. Genesis 47:17הַצֹּ֛אן · their flocks
    So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
  12. Genesis 50:8וְצֹאנָ֣ם · and flocks
    …along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
  13. Exodus 2:16צֹ֥אן · flock
    Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  14. Exodus 2:17צֹאנָֽם׃ · their flock
    And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
  15. Exodus 2:19הַצֹּֽאן׃ · the flock
    “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
  16. Exodus 3:1 (2×)צֹ֛אן · the flock; הַצֹּאן֙ · the flock
    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  17. Exodus 9:3וּבַצֹּ֑אן · and flocks
    …then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
  18. Exodus 10:9בְּצֹאנֵ֤נוּ · and with our flocks
    “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
  19. Exodus 10:24צֹאנְכֶ֥ם · your flocks
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
  20. Exodus 12:21צֹ֛אן · a lamb
    Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
  21. Exodus 12:32צֹאנְכֶ֨ם · your flocks
    Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
  22. Exodus 12:38וְצֹ֣אן · both flocks
    And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
  23. Exodus 20:24צֹֽאנְךָ֖ · your sheep and goats
    You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
  24. Exodus 22:1צֹ֖אן · for a sheep
    “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
  25. Exodus 22:30לְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ · and your sheep
    You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.
  26. Exodus 34:3הַצֹּ֤אן · the flocks
    No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
  27. Leviticus 1:2הַצֹּ֔אן · or the flock
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
  28. Leviticus 1:10הַצֹּ֨אן · the flock
    If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
  29. Leviticus 3:6הַצֹּ֧אן · the flock
    If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
  30. Leviticus 5:6הַצֹּ֥אן · the flock
    …and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
  31. Leviticus 5:15הַצֹּ֗אן · the flock
    “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
  32. Leviticus 5:18הַצֹּ֛אן · the flock
    He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
  33. Leviticus 6:6הַצֹּ֛אן · the flock
    Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
  34. Leviticus 22:21בַצֹּ֑אן · flock
    When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
  35. Leviticus 27:32וָצֹ֔אן · or flock
    Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
  36. Numbers 11:22הֲצֹ֧אן · If [all our] flocks
    If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
  37. Numbers 15:3הַצֹּֽאן׃ · flock
    …and you present a food offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—
  38. Numbers 22:40וָצֹ֑אן · and sheep
    Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.
  39. Numbers 27:17כַּצֹּ֕אן · like sheep
    …who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
  40. Numbers 31:28הַצֹּֽאן׃ · or sheep
    Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
  41. Numbers 31:30הַצֹּ֖אן · sheep
    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
  42. Numbers 31:32צֹ֗אן · sheep
    …and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
  43. Numbers 31:36הַצֹּ֗אן · sheep
    This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
  44. Numbers 31:37הַצֹּ֑אן
    …including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
  45. Numbers 31:43הַצֹּ֑אן · sheep
    …this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
  46. Numbers 32:16צֹ֛אן
    Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
  47. Numbers 32:36צֹֽאן׃ · for their flocks
    Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
  48. Deuteronomy 7:13צֹאנֶ֔ךָ · of your flocks
    He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.