King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6629
Transliteration: tson
Phonetic Spelling: (tsone)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
Meaning: small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
Word Summary
tson: small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
Original Word: צאֹןTransliteration: tson
Phonetic Spelling: (tsone)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
Meaning: small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
Strong's Concordance
small cattle, flock, lamb, sheepcote, Or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) -- (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6629. tson
צאֹן273 collective noun feminineGenesis 30:36 (possibly masculine 30:39 a +, KöSynt. § 247 g, but dubious, 30:39b with verb feminine plural, as usually; in 1 Samuel 15:14 join הַוֶּה with קוֺל; see further AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316 ff.) small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks; — ׳צ absolute Genesis 4:2 +; construct 29:9 +; suffix צאֹנוֺ 4:4 +; צאֹנֵנוּ Exodus 10:9, צאֹונֵוּ Psalm 144:13; as plural צאֹנֵינוֺ Nehemiah 10:37 van d. H. Gi (not Baer; very late, si vera lectio), etc.; —
1 literally
a. small cattle, usually of sheep and goats in one flock (RobBR i. 477) Genesis 30:31-32, +; sheep specified also 21:28 (הַצּ ׳כִּבְשׂת), 31:28 (צ ׳אֵילֵי) +; sheep only 1 Samuel 25:2 (+עִוִּים); goats specified Genesis 27:9; Jeremiah 50:8; ׳צ as yielding (1) animals for food Amos 6:4 (בָּרִים), 1 Samuel 14:32; 2 Samuel 12:4; Nehemiah 5:18 +; ׳צ מַאְַבָל Psalm 44:12 (in simile); (2) wool Genesis 31:19 + (see [ גָּזַז], גֵּז); (3) milk, צ ׳חֲלֵב Deuteronomy 32:14 (? goats' milk, compare Proverbs 27:27); (4) sacrificial victims Genesis 4:4 (J), Leviticus 1:2, 10; 3:6; Numbers 15:3 (all P), 22:40 (E), Deuteronomy 12:6, 17, 21 + often; so קָדָשִׁים צאֹן Ezekiel 36:38 a, compare בְּכוֺרֵי וְצאֹנֵינוּ בְקָרֵינוּ Nehemiah 10:37; in General as property (often + בָּקָר, etc.) Genesis 12:16; 13:5; 24:35; Job 1:3; 42:12 + often (see also II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת]); gift Genesis 20:14; 21:27; 38:17 (goat), Deuteronomy 15:14; 2 Chronicles 17:11; booty 1 Samuel 15:9, 15 + .
b. ׳צ sometimes of a definite number of animals (i.e. as plural of שֶׂה, etc.): two Isaiah 7:21, four Exodus 21:37 (larger numbers see 1 Samuel 25:2, 5, 18; Numbers 31:32, 36; Nehemiah 5:18; Job 1:3; 42:12 above). — See also בֵּן 7b; עֵדֶר נָוֶה, מַרְבֵּץ, מִכְלָה, גְּדֵרָה,; שַׁצֵר רֹצֶה, כֶלֶב,.
2 simile of multitude Ezekiel 36:37-38, compare Psalm 107:41; of children Job 21:11; of dead, with death as shepherd Psalm 49:15; of (shepherdless) Israel Numbers 27:17; 1 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 18:16; Zechariah 10:2; 13:7, wandering in sin Isaiah 53:6; of Israel led by ׳י Psalm 77:21; Psalm 78:52; 80:2, compare Zechariah 9:16 (on text see We Now); Ezekiel 34:12; of Israel in distress, ׳כְּצ טִבְחָת Psalm 44:23, compare (of wicked) ׳צ לְטִבְתָה Jeremiah 12:3; of scattered Babylonian Isaiah 13:14.
3 metaphor of multitude, ׳צ אָרָם Ezekiel 36:38; of Israel 2 Samuel 24:17 = 1 Chronicles 21:17; Jeremiah 23:1-2, 3; Ezekiel 24:5, and especially sustained figurative 34:2, 317t. 34, also Zechariah 11:7, 17; ׳צ אֹבְדוֺת Jeremiah 50:6, ׳צ תִּפְאַרְתֵךְ 13:20; of Israel under ׳יs care, (וֺ-, יִ֯) ׳צ מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָד Psalm 74:1; 79:13; 100:3; Ezekiel 34:31, also ׳צ יָדוֺ Psalm 95:7("" מַרְעִיתוֺעַםֿ; read perhaps יָדוֺ צַם ׳צ, מַרְעִיתוֺ, so Che and others); ׳צ נַחֲלָתֶךָ Micah 7:14; also in combinations: הַצֵּ ׳אַדִּירֵי Jeremiah 25:34-35, 36, ׳צ חַהֲרֵגָה Zechariah 11:4, 7 (compare Psalm 44:23), הַצּ ׳עֲנִיֵּי 44:7; 44:11 (all of Israel); of Edom צּ הַ ׳צְעִירֵי Jeremiah 49:20; 50:45.