צֹאן
tsôʼn · tsone
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Lexicon
Derivation: or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate;
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats)
- also, figuratively (of men)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing
To pursue the straight path of strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צֹאן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
274 occurrences · 274 OT · 0 NT · 118 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sheep32 · 21%
- of the flock14 · 9%
- the flock14 · 9%
- the sheep11 · 7%
- and sheep8 · 5%
- of thy sheep6 · 4%
- out of the flock6 · 4%
- my flock6 · 4%
- of sheep5 · 3%
- like a flock5 · 3%
- his sheep5 · 3%
- flock4 · 3%
- cattle4 · 3%
- of the sheep4 · 3%
- and the sheep4 · 3%
- as sheep3 · 2%
- like sheep3 · 2%
- flocks3 · 2%
- and their flocks3 · 2%
- the flocks3 · 2%
- of flocks3 · 2%
- my sheep3 · 2%
- and the flocks2 · 1%
- him flocks2 · 1%
- of his flock2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.