Words the Bible translates as sheep
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- probatonπρόβατονa sheep: the flock animal raised for wool, milk, meat, and sacrifice, and by extension people pictured as sheep in a shepherd's care
- tsonצֹאןsmall livestock collectively: sheep and goats kept together as a flock, the primary unit of pastoral wealth and sacrifice
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- God's people described as a flock: Israel vulnerable and dependent, cared for or scattered by their shepherd-leaders
- kevesכֶּבֶשׂa lamb: a young sheep and never a goat, male unless the text says otherwise, normally an animal in its first year
- sehשֶׂהa single head of small livestock from the flock: one sheep or goat, often a lamb or kid
- kesevכֶּשֶׂבsheepnot studied yet
- tsonehצֹנֶהsheepnot studied yet
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