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).
Traditional renderings: (small) cattle, flock ( -s), lamb ( -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
274 total
- Isaiah 7:21צֹֽאן׃ · sheepOn that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
- Isaiah 13:14וּכְצֹ֖אן · like a sheepLike a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
- Isaiah 22:13צֹ֔אן · of sheepBut look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Isaiah 53:6כַּצֹּ֣אן · like sheepWe all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 60:7צֹ֤אן · the flocksAll the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Isaiah 61:5צֹאנְכֶ֑ם · your flocksStrangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
- Isaiah 63:11צֹאנ֔וֹ · of His flockThen His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
- Isaiah 65:10צֹ֔אן · for flocksSharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
- Jeremiah 3:24צֹאנָם֙ · their flocksFrom our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
- Jeremiah 5:17צֹאנְךָ֙ · your flocksThey will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
- Jeremiah 12:3כְּצֹ֣אן · like sheepBut You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
- Jeremiah 13:20צֹ֖אן · the sheepLift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
- Jeremiah 23:1צֹ֥אן · the sheep“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:2צֹאנִי֙ · My flockTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:3צֹאנִ֔י · of My flockThen I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Jeremiah 25:34הַצֹּ֔אן · of the flockWail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
- Jeremiah 25:35הַצֹּֽאן׃ · of the flockFlight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
- Jeremiah 25:36הַצֹּ֑אן · of the flockHear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
- Jeremiah 31:12צֹ֖אן · of the flocksThey will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Jeremiah 33:12צֹֽאן׃ · [their] flocksThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
- Jeremiah 33:13הַצֹּ֛אן · the flocksIn the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 49:20הַצֹּ֔אן · of the flockTherefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- Jeremiah 49:29וְצֹאנָם֙ · and flocksThey will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
- Jeremiah 50:6צֹ֤אן · sheepMy people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
- Jeremiah 50:8צֹֽאן׃ · the flockFlee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
- Jeremiah 50:45הַצֹּ֔אן · of the flockTherefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- Ezekiel 24:5הַצֹּאן֙ · of the flockTake the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’
- Ezekiel 25:5צֹ֑אן · sheepI will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 34:2הַצֹּ֔אן · their flock“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
- Ezekiel 34:3הַצֹּ֖אן · the flockYou eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
- Ezekiel 34:6 (2×)צֹאנִי֙ · My flock; צֹאנִ֔יMy flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
- Ezekiel 34:8 (4×)צֹאנִ֣י׀ · My flock; צֹאנִ֨י · [and]; צֹאנִ֑י · for My flock; צֹאנִ֖י‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
- Ezekiel 34:10 (3×)צֹאנִ֣י · My flock; צֹ֔אן · the flock; צֹאנִי֙ · My flockThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
- Ezekiel 34:11צֹאנִ֖י · My flockFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- Ezekiel 34:12 (2×)צֹאנוֹ֙ · the flock; צֹאנִ֑י · My flockAs a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Ezekiel 34:15צֹאנִי֙ · My flockI will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 34:17צֹאנִ֔י · My flockThis is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
- Ezekiel 34:19וְצֹאנִ֑י · Why must My flockWhy must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’
- Ezekiel 34:22לְצֹאנִ֔י · My flockI will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
- Ezekiel 34:31 (2×)צֹאנִ֛י · are My flock; צֹ֥אן · the sheep‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 36:37כַּצֹּ֖אן · like a flockThis is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- Ezekiel 36:38כְּצֹ֣אן · Like the numerous flocksLike the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”