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. Ezekiel 36:38 (2×)כְּצֹ֤אן; צֹ֣אן · with flocks
    Like 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.”
  2. Ezekiel 43:23הַצֹּ֖אן · the flock
    When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
  3. Ezekiel 43:25הַצֹּ֖אן · the flock
    For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.
  4. Ezekiel 45:15הַצֹּ֤אן · from [each] flock
    And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.
  5. Hosea 5:6בְּצֹאנָ֣ם · with their flocks
    They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
  6. Joel 1:18הַצֹּ֖אן · of sheep
    How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
  7. Amos 6:4מִצֹּ֔אן · from the flock
    You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
  8. Amos 7:15הַצֹּ֑אן · the flock
    But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
  9. Jonah 3:7וְהַצֹּ֗אן · or flock
    Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
  10. Micah 2:12כְּצֹ֣אן · like sheep
    I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
  11. Micah 5:8צֹ֑אן · of sheep
    Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
  12. Micah 7:14צֹ֚אן · the flock
    Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
  13. Habakkuk 3:17צֹ֔אן · though the sheep
    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
  14. Zephaniah 2:6צֹֽאן׃ · for sheep
    So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
  15. Zechariah 9:16כְּצֹ֣אן · as the flock
    On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
  16. Zechariah 10:2צֹ֔אן · sheep
    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
  17. Zechariah 11:4צֹ֥אן · the flock
    This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
  18. Zechariah 11:7 (3×)צֹ֣אן · the flock; הַצֹּ֑אן · of the flock; הַצֹּֽאן׃ · the flock
    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
  19. Zechariah 11:11הַצֹּאן֙ · of the flock
    It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
  20. Zechariah 11:17הַצֹּ֔אן · the flock
    Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
  21. Zechariah 13:7הַצֹּ֔אן · and the sheep
    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.