כֶּשֶׂב kesev
Hebrew word for “sheep” · Strong’s H3775 · used 13 times in 13 verses
Meaning
lamb, young ram, sheep
How it is translated
Glosses given for kesev in context, with how often each is used:
- young ram 5
- among the lambs 3
- lambs 1
- young rams 1
- among the young rams 1
- sheep 1
- sheeps 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 7 | 0.6 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 30 (4), Leviticus 22 (2), Leviticus 1 (1), Leviticus 3 (1), Leviticus 4 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 17 (1), Numbers 18 (1), Deuteronomy 14 (1)
Forms
- בכשׂבים 4
- כשׂב 4
- והכשׂבים 1
- הכשׂבים 1
- הכשׂב 1
- וכשׂב 1
- כשׂבים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kesev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵז ez “goat” 10
- חוּם chum “darkened” 4
- שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 5
- טָלָא tala “to spot” 3
- נָקֹד naqod “speckled” 3
- אוֹ o “or” 4
- אִשֶּׁה ishshah “food offering” 3
- חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 3
- קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 3
- עָקֹד aqod “striped” 2
- שָׂכָר sakhar “wages” 2
- צֹאן tson “flock” 3
Key verses
The verses using kesev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 30:32 — I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted…
- Genesis 30:33 — So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the…
- Genesis 30:35 — And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white…
- Leviticus 1:10 — And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
- Leviticus 3:7 — If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
- Leviticus 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon…
- Leviticus 7:23 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
- Leviticus 17:3 — What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
- Leviticus 22:19 — Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
- Leviticus 22:27 — When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be…
- Numbers 18:17 — But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon…
- Deuteronomy 14:4 — These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.