שֶׂה seh
Hebrew word for “sheep” · Strong’s H7716 · used 47 times in 39 verses
Meaning
1) one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat; 1a) sheep, goat; 1b) flock (collective); Also means: zeh (זֶה "lamb" H2089)
How it is translated
Glosses given for seh in context, with how often each is used:
- sheep 36
- lamb 6
- animal 2
- small livestock 1
- like a sheep 1
- like sheep 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 13 | 0.8 | |
| Ezekiel | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Leviticus | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 22 (4), Exodus 12 (3), Ezekiel 34 (3), Genesis 22 (2), Exodus 34 (2), Leviticus 22 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Exodus 13 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 12 (1)
Forms
- שׂה 24
- ושׂה 8
- השׂה 5
- לשׂה 3
- בשׂה 2
- כשׂה 2
- משׂה 1
- שׂיו 1
- שׂיהו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with seh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 20
- חֲמוֹר chamor “donkey” 9
- אוֹ o “or” 7
- צֹאן tson “flock” 6
- עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 6
- אִם im “if” 8
- עָרַף araph “to break the neck” 3
- פֶּטֶר peter “firstborn” 3
- עֵז ez “goat” 4
- עַד ad “till” 6
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 5
- שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 3
Key verses
The verses using seh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 12:3 — Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their…
- 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 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the…
- Leviticus 5:7 — And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one…
- Leviticus 12:8 — And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin…
- Deuteronomy 17:1 — Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy…
- Joshua 6:21 — And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
- 1 Samuel 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and…
- Psalms 119:176 — I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so…
- Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
- Jeremiah 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath…
See all 39 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.