Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7716
שֶׂה
sehseh
sheep
47 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7716is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 34spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7716
a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
The King James renders it: (lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare H2089 (זֶה).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
seh is rendered "sheep". It stands 47 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 22:7Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.
The first use
Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
Genesis 22:7הַשֶּׂ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a sheep14
- and a sheep7
- sheep5
- a lamb3
- the sheep3
- and sheep2
- sheep his2
- the lamb2
- with a sheep2
- an animal of1
- and an animal of1
- for a lamb1
and 4 more, 47 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 47, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
34 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שֶׂ֖ה4
- שֶׂ֥ה3
- שֶׂ֔ה3
- בְשֶׂ֔ה2
- הַשֶּֽׂה׃2
- וָשֶׂ֖ה2
- שֶׂה֒2
- שֶׂ֑ה2
- שֶׂ֣ה2
- הַשֶּׂ֖ה1
- הַשֶּׂ֛ה1
- הַשֶּׂה֙1
and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular22HNcbsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular7HC/Ncbsa
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular6HR/Ncbsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular5HTd/Ncbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcbsc
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcbsc/Sp3ms
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular2HRd/Ncbsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncbsc
Genesis
four uses
Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
- הַשֶּׂ֖הhasehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sheep
Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
- הַשֶּׂ֛הhasehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sheep
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
- שֶׂ֣ה׀sehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sheep
- שֶׂה־seh-noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sheep
Exodus
thirteen uses
Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
- שֶׂ֥הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a lamb
- שֶׂ֥הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a lamb
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
- מִשֶּׂה֒misehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: for a lamb
- הַשֶּֽׂה׃hasehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the lamb
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- שֶׂ֥הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a lamb
You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
- בְשֶׂ֔הvesehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: with a sheep
“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
- שֶׂ֔הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
- הַשֶּֽׂה׃hasehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sheep
If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
- שֶׂ֖הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
- שֶׂ֨הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,
- שֶׂ֛הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
- וָשֶֽׂה׃vasehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
- בְשֶׂ֔הvesehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: with a sheep
Leviticus
five uses
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- שֶׂה֒sehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- שֶׂה֒sehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
- וָשֶׂ֖הvasehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
- שֶׂ֑הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
- שֶׂ֔הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
Numbers
one use
This is to be done for each bull, ram, lamb, or goat.
- לַשֶּׂ֥הlasehpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: for the small livestock
Deuteronomy
five uses
These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
- שֵׂ֥הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an animal of
- וְשֵׂ֥הvesehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and an animal of
You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
- וָשֶׂ֗הvasehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
- שֶׂ֑הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sheep
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
- שֵׂיוֹ֙seyonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sheep his
Joshua
one use
At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- וָשֶׂ֛הvasehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and sheep
Judges
one use
encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
- וְשֶׂ֥הvesehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
1 Samuel
four uses
Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
- שְׂיֵ֗הוּseyehunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sheep his
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- שֶׂ֔הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
- שֶׂ֖הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
- וָשֶׂ֖הvasehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and sheep
Psalms
one use
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- כְּשֶׂ֣הkesehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like a sheep
Isaiah
four uses
For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
- שֶֽׂה׃ פsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sheep
You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
- שֵׂ֣הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sheep of
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- כַּשֶּׂה֙kasehpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like the sheep
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
- הַשֶּׂה֙hasehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the lamb
Jeremiah
one use
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- שֶׂ֧הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sheep
Ezekiel
seven uses
This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
- שֶׂ֣הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
- לָשֶׂ֔הlasehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- שֶׂ֣הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
- שֶׂ֖הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
- שֶׂ֖הsehnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sheep
- לָשֶֽׂה׃lasehpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
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.
- וְשֶׂה־veseh-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a sheep
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.