עֵז ez

Hebrew word for “goat” · Strong’s H5795 · used 74 times in 74 verses

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Meaning

female goat, she-goat, goat, kid; Aramaic equivalent: ez (עֵז "goat" H5796)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ez in context, with how often each is used:

• goats 49
• goat hairs 9
• goat 6
• among the goats 3
• female goats 3
• she-goats 2
• among the kids 1
• female goat 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (13), Numbers 29 (5), Genesis 30 (3), Exodus 35 (3), Numbers 15 (3), Genesis 27 (2), Genesis 38 (2), Leviticus 4 (2), Leviticus 22 (2), Numbers 28 (2)

Forms

• עזים 46
• העזים 13
• עז 5
• בעזים 3
• ועזים 3
• ועז 2
• ועזיך 1
• ובעזים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ez more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׂעִיר sair “he-goat” 28
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 30
• אֶחָד echad “one” 25
• כֶּשֶׂב kesev “sheep” 10
• גְּדִי gedi “kid” 9
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 11
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 8
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 9
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 7
• אוֹ o “or” 8
• צֹאן tson “flock” 8
• נֶסֶךְ nesekh “drink offering” 6

Key verses

The verses using ez that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:5 — Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
• Exodus 26:7 — And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
• 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 4:23 — Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
• Leviticus 5:6 — And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin…
• Leviticus 9:3 — And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without…
• Leviticus 22:19 — Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
• Numbers 15:24 — Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a…
• 1 Samuel 25:2 — And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was…
• 2 Chronicles 35:7 — And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and…
• Song of Solomon 4:1 — Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
• Daniel 8:8 — Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

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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.