Usually translated as
sheep, flock, flocks, cattle, lambs, lamb, sheepcote, sheepfold, sheepshearer, sheepherds
Occurrences
Tsôʼn occurs 274 times in 247 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (52), Exodus (14), Leviticus (9), Numbers (12), Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (19), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (7), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (12), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (5), Job (5), Psalms (16), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (18), Ezekiel (19), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Amos (2), Jonah (1), Micah (3), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (7)
- Genesis 4:2 — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep (צֹ֔אן), but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 4:4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock (צֹאנ֖וֹ) and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
- Genesis 12:16 — And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep (צֹאן), and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- Genesis 13:5 — And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks (צֹאן), and herds, and tents.
- Genesis 20:14 — And Abimelech took sheep (צֹ֣אן), and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 21:27 — And Abraham took sheep (צֹ֣אן) and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- Genesis 21:28 — And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock (הַצֹּ֖אן) by themselves.
- Genesis 24:35 — And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks (צֹ֤אן), and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
- Genesis 26:14 — For he had possession of flocks (צֹאן֙), and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 27:9 — Go now to the flock (הַצֹּ֔אן), and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
- Genesis 29:2 — And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep (צֹאן֙) lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.
- Genesis 29:3 — And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep (הַצֹּ֑אן), and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
- Genesis 29:6 — And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep (הַצֹּֽאן).
- Genesis 29:7 — And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep (הַצֹּ֖אן), and go and feed them.
- Genesis 29:8 — And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep (הַצֹּֽאן).
- Genesis 29:9 — And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep (הַצֹּאן֙): for she kept them.
- Genesis 29:10 — And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep (צֹ֥אן) of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
- Genesis 29:10 — And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock (צֹ֥אן) of Laban his mother’s brother.
- Genesis 30:31 — And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock (צֹֽאנְךָ֖):
- Genesis 30:32 — I will pass through all thy flock (צֹֽאנְךָ֜) to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
- Genesis 30:36 — And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks (צֹ֥אן).
- Genesis 30:38 — And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks (הַצֹּ֤אן) in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
- Genesis 30:38 — And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks (הַצֹּ֔אן) came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
- Genesis 30:39 — And the flocks (הַצֹּ֖אן) conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
- Genesis 30:39 — And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle (הַצֹּ֔אן) ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
- Genesis 30:40 — And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks (הַצֹּ֧אן) toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
- Genesis 30:40 — And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock (בְּצֹ֣אן) of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
- Genesis 30:40 — And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle (צֹ֥אן).
- Genesis 30:41 — And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle (הַצֹּ֣אן) did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
- Genesis 30:41 — And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle (הַצֹּ֖אן) in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
- Genesis 30:42 — But when the cattle (הַצֹּ֖אן) were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- Genesis 30:43 — And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle (צֹ֣אן), and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
- Genesis 31:4 — And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock (צֹאנֽוֹ),
- Genesis 31:8 — If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle (הַצֹּ֖אן) bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
- Genesis 31:8 — If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle (הַצֹּ֖אן) ringstraked.
- Genesis 31:10 — And it came to pass at the time that the cattle (הַצֹּ֔אן) conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
- Genesis 31:10 — And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle (הַצֹּ֔אן) were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
- Genesis 31:12 — And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle (הַצֹּ֔אן) are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
- Genesis 31:19 — And Laban went to shear his sheep (צֹאנ֑וֹ): and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 31:38 — This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock (צֹאנְךָ֖) have I not eaten.
- Genesis 31:41 — Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle (בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָ): and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
- Genesis 31:43 — And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle (וְהַצֹּ֣אן) are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
- Genesis 31:43 — And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle (צֹאנִ֔י), and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
- Genesis 32:5 — And I have oxen, and asses, flocks (צֹ֖אן), and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
- Genesis 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks (הַצֹּ֧אן), and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
- Genesis 33:13 — And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks (וְהַצֹּ֥אן) and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
- Genesis 33:13 — And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock (הַצֹּֽאן) will die.
- Genesis 34:28 — They took their sheep (צֹאנָ֥ם), and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
- Genesis 37:2 — These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock (בַּצֹּ֔אן) with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
- Genesis 37:12 — And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock (צֹ֥אן) in Shechem.