Quick Definition
flock
Biblical Persons & Places
Sheep_Gate
Sheep Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Neh.3.1;
referred to as Sheep Gate (צֹאן), or Sheep Gate (προβατικός).
Strong's Definition
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Derivation: or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate;
KJV Usage: (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
TWOT Reference: 1864a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)
1b) of multitude (simile)
1c) of multitude (metaphor)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)
1b) of multitude (simile)
1c) of multitude (metaphor)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צְאוֹן / צֹאן
tsôn / tseôn
BDB Definition:
1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)
1b) of multitude (simile)
1c) of multitude (metaphor)
Part of Speech: noun feminine collective
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to migrate
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1864a
Total KJV Occurrences: 273