Bible Dictionary: Sheep

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sheep

Sheep were an important part of the possessions of the ancient Hebrews and of eastern nations generally. The first mention of sheep occurs in (Genesis 4:2) They were used in the sacrificial offering,as, both the adult animal, (Exodus 20:24) and the lamb. See (Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 9:3; 12:6) Sheep and lambs formed an important article of food. (1 Samuel 25:18) The wool was used as clothing. (Leviticus 13:47) "Rams skins dyed red" were used as a covering for the tabernacle. (Exodus 25:5) Sheep and lambs were sometimes paid as tribute. (2 Kings 3:4) It is very striking to notice the immense numbers of sheep that were reared in Palestine in biblical times. (Chardin says he saw a clan of Turcoman shepherds whose flock consisted of 3,000,000 sheep and goats, besides 400,000 Feasts of carriage, as horses, asses and camels.) Sheep-sheering is alluded to (Genesis 31:19) Sheepdogs were employed in biblical times. (Job 30:1) Shepherds in Palestine and the East generally go before their flocks, which they induce to follow by calling to them, comp. (John 10:4; Psalms 77:20; 80:1) though they also drive them. (Genesis 33:13) The following quotation from Hartley's "Researches in Greece and the Levant," p. 321, is strikingly illustrative of the allusions in (John 10:1-16) "Having had my attention directed last night to the words in (John 10:3) I asked my man if it was usual in Greece to give names to the sheep. He informed me that it was, and that the sheep obeyed the shepherd when he called them by their names. This morning I had an opportunity of verifying the truth of this remark. Passing by a flock of sheep I asked the shepherd the same question which I had put to the servant, and he gave me the same answer. I then had him call one of his sheep. He did so, and it instantly left its pasturage and its companions and ran up to the hands of the shepherd with signs of pleasure and with a prompt obedience which I had never before observed in any other animal. It is also true in this country that a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him. The shepherd told me that many of his sheep were still wild, that they had not yet learned their names, but that by teaching them they would all learn them." The common sheer, of Syria and Palestine are the broad-tailed. As the sheep is an emblem of meekness, patience and submission, it is expressly mentioned as typifying these qualities in the person of our blessed Lord. (Isaiah 53:7; Acts 8:32) etc. The relation that exists between Christ, "the chief Shepherd," and his members is beautifully compared to that which in the East is so strikingly exhibited by the shepherds to their flocks [SHEPHERD]

Scripture Alphabet Of Animals

Sheep

I suppose you think you already know as much about sheep and lambs as I can tell you, and perhaps you do. Yet I dare say you never took up your Bible to see how many times they are mentioned there, or how many beautiful things are said about them.

Abel, who, as you know, was the third man that lived on the earth, was a " keeper of sheep;" and there have always been a great many shepherds in the world from that time to this. Some of the men who lived in old times had a great many sheep. Job had seven thousand, which God allowed to be taken from him; but afterwards gave him twice as many-fourteen thousand. At the time when Solomon's beautiful temple was dedicated to God, he offered a sacrifice of a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. If you want to know how many that is, try to think of a pasture with a hundred sheep in it-then think of a hundred pastures, just like it, with just as many sheep in each-then think of those hundred pastures taken twelve times over, and you will begin to understand how many there were. It is not common with us to have persons whose whole business it is to take care of sheep, but that was always the way in Bible countries. This was not done by servants, at least not always; for a great many rich men employed their children as shepherds. Rachel, who was afterwards the wife of Jacob, "kept her father's sheep"-so did Jacob's twelve sons-so did Moses for his father-in-law.

When God was about to make David king, he sent Samuel the prophet to do it by anointing him, or putting oil upon his head. David had six brothers, and Samuel did not know which of all the sons was to be king; but both he and their father Jesse supposed it would be one of the older ones, and nobody remembered even to call little David, who had been left with the sheep, until they found that he was the one whom God had chosen. David often spoke of his shepherd-life after he became a king, and even when he was an old man. You remember that most beautiful psalm of his, the twenty-third Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want: he maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters." That is the way they are accustomed to do in those countries: the shepherd walks on, and the sheep follow where he wishes them to go. So Christ says, "And when he (the shepherd) putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice."

The sheep in many countries are in danger from wolves, which prowl about and try to carry them off; so it is necessary to watch them by night as well as by day. You remember the shepherds were watching their flocks by night when the bright angels appeared to tell the glad tidings that A SAVIOR had come; and they were the first to hear that sweet song in the stillness of the night, when all around were hushed in sleep.

The sheep is so timid and gentle that it needs the protection of man, and without the care of the shepherd would often stray away and be lost, or devoured by other animals. David says, "I have gone astray like a lost sheep;" and in Isaiah we read, "All we like sheep have gone astray." Is not this true of us-that we have gone away, far away, from Jesus our good shepherd? Perhaps, dear child, you are wandering still; but why should you thus go on, alone, and every hour in danger? Why should you, when he calls you back with his voice of kindness, and is ready to "gather you with his arms, and carry you in his bosom." as the shepherd does his tender lambs?

ATS Bible Dictionary

Sheep

Of the Syrian sheep, according to Dr. Russell, there are two varieties; the one called Bedaween sheep, which differ in no respect from the larger kinds of sheep among us, except that their tails are somewhat longer and thicker; the others are those often mentioned by travellers on account of their extraordinary tails; and this species is by far the most numerous. The tail of one of these animals is very broad and large, terminating in a small appendage that turns back upon it. It is of a substance between fat and marrow, and is not eaten separately, but mixed with the lean meat in many of their dishes, and also often used instead of butter. A common sheep of this sort, without the head, feet, skin, and entrails, weighs from sixty to eighty pounds, of which the tail itself is usually ten or fifteen pounds, and when the animal is fattened, twice or thrice that weight, and very inconvenient to its owner.

The sheep or lamb was the common sacrifice under the Mosaic law; and it is to be remarked, that when the divine legislator speaks of this victim, he never omits to appoint that the rump or tail be laid whole on the fire of the altar, Exodus 29:22 Le 3:9. The reason for this is seen in the account just given from Dr. Russell; from which it appears that this was the most delicate part of the animal, and therefore the most proper to be presented in sacrifice to Jehovah.

The innocence, mildness, submission, and patience of the sheep or lamb, rendered it peculiarly sheep and lamb, rendered it peculiarly suitable for a sacrifice, and an appropriate type of the Lamb of God, John 1:29. A recent traveller in Palestine witnessed the shearing of a sheep in the immediate vicinity of Gethsemane; and the silent, unresisting submission of the poor animal, thrown with its feet bound upon the earth, its sides rudely pressed by the shearer's knees, while every movement threatened to lacerate the flesh, was a touching commentary on the prophet's description of Christ, Isaiah 53:7 Acts 8:32-35.

There are frequent allusions in Scripture to these characteristics of the sheep, and to its proneness to go astray, Psalm 119:176 Isaiah 53:6. It is a gregarious animal also; and as loving the companionship of the flock and dependant of the protection and guidance of its master, its name is often given to the people of God, 2 Kings 22:17 Psalm 79:13 80:1 Mt 25:32. Sheep and goats are still found in Syria feeding indiscriminately together, as in ancient times, Genesis 30:35 Matthew 25:32,33. The season of sheep shearing was one of great joy and festivity, 1 Samuel 25:5,8,36 2 Samuel 13:23.

Sheep-cotes or folds, among the Israelites, appear to have been generally open houses, or enclosures walled round, often in front of rocky caverns, to guard the sheep from beasts of prey by night, and the scorching heat of noon, Numbers 32:16 2 Samuel 7:8 Jeremiah 23:3,6 John 10:1-5. See SHEPHERD.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Are of different varieties. Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found still in the mountain regions of Persia and Kurdistan. After the Exodus, and as a result of intercourse with surrounding nations, other species were no doubt introduced into the herds of the people of Israel. They are frequently mentioned in Scripture. The care of a shepherd over his flock is referred to as illustrating God's care over his people (Psalm 23:1, 2; 74:1; 77:20; Isaiah 40:11; 53:6; John 10:1-5, 7-16).

"The sheep of Palestine are longer in the head than ours, and have tails from 5 inches broad at the narrowest part to 15 inches at the widest, the weight being in proportion, and ranging generally from 10 to 14 lbs., but sometimes extending to 30 lbs. The tails are indeed huge masses of fat" (Geikie's Holy Land, etc.). The tail was no doubt the "rump" so frequently referred to in the Levitical sacrifices (Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 3:9; 7:3; 9:19). Sheep-shearing was generally an occasion of great festivity (Genesis 31:19; 38:12, 13; 1 Samuel 25:4-8, 36; 2 Samuel 13:23-28).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

2. (n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow.

3. (n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SHEEP

shep:

1. Names:

The usual Hebrew word is tso'n, which is often translated "flock," e.g. "Abel.... brought of the firstlings of his flock" (Genesis 4:4); "butter of the herd, and milk of the flock" (Deuteronomy 32:14). The King James Version and the English Revised Version have "milk of sheep." Compare Arabic da'n. The Greek word is probaton. For other names, see notes under CATTLE; EWE; LAMB; RAM.

2. Zoology:

The origin of domestic sheep is unknown. There are 11 wild species, the majority of which are found in Asia, and it is conceivable that they may have spread from the highlands of Central Asia to the other portions of their habitat. In North America is found the "bighorn," which is very closely related to a Kamschatkan species. One species, the urial or sha, is found in India. The Barbary sheep, Ovis tragelaphus, also known as the aoudad or arui, inhabits the Atlas Mountains of Northwest Africa. It is thought by Tristram to be zemer, English Versions of the Bible "chamois" of Deuteronomy 14:5, but there is no good evidence that this animal ranges eastward into Bible lands. Geographically nearest is the Armenian wild sheep, Ovis gmelini, of Asia Minor and Persia. The Cyprian wild sheep may be only a variety of the last, and the mouflon of Corsica and Sardinia is an allied species. It is not easy to draw the line between wild sheep and wild goats. Among the more obvious distinctions are the chin beard and strong odor of male goats. The pelage of all wild sheep consists of hair, not wool, and this indeed is true of some domestic sheep as the fat-rumped short-tailed sheep of Abyssinia and Central Asia. The young lambs of this breed have short curly wool which is the astrachan of commerce. Sheep are geologically recent, their bones and teeth not being found in earlier deposits than the pleiocene or pleistocene. They were, however, among the first of domesticated animals.

3. Sheep of Palestine:

The sheep of Syria and Palestine are characterized by the possession of an enormous fat tail which weighs many pounds and is known in Arabic as 'alyat, or commonly, liyat. This is the 'alyah, "fat tail" (the King James Version "rump") (Exodus 29:22 Leviticus 3:9; Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:25; Leviticus 9:19), which was burned in sacrifice. This is at the present day esteemed a great delicacy. Sheep are kept in large numbers by the Bedouin, but a large portion of the supply of mutton for the cities is from the sheep of Armenia and Kurdistan, of which great droves are brought down to the coast in easy stages. Among the Moslems every well-to-do family sacrifices a sheep at the feast of al-'adcha', the 10th day of the month dhu-l-chijjat, 40 days after the end of ramadan, the month of fasting. In Lebanon every peasant family during the summer fattens a young ram, which is literally crammed by one of the women of the household, who keeps the creature's jaw moving with one hand while with the other she stuffs its mouth with vine or mulberry leaves. Every afternoon she washes it at the village fountain. When slaughtered in the fall it is called ma`luf, "fed," and is very fat and the flesh very tender. Some of the meat and fat are eaten at once, but the greater part, fat and lean, is cut up fine, cooked together in a large vessel with pepper and salt, and stored in an earthen jar. This, the so-called qauramat, is used as needed through the winter.

In the mountains the sheep are gathered at night into folds, which may be caves or enclosures of rough stones. Fierce dogs assist the shepherd in warding off the attacks of wolves, and remain at the fold through the day to guard the slight bedding and simple utensils. In going to pasture the sheep are not driven but are led, following the shepherd as he walks before them and calls to them. "When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice" (John 10:4).

4. Old Testament References:

The sheepfolds of Reuben on the plain of Gilead are referred to in Numbers 32:16 and Judges 5:16. A cave is mentioned in 1 Samuel 24:3 in connection with the pursuit of David by Saul. The shepherd origin of David is referred to in Psalm 78:70:

"He chose David also his servant,

And took him from the sheepfolds."

Compare also 2 Samuel 7:8 and 1 Chronicles 17:7.

The shearing of the sheep was a large operation and evidently became a sort of festival. Absalom invited the king's sons to his sheep-shearing in Baal-hazor in order that he might find an opportunity to put Amnon to death while his heart was "merry with wine" (2 Samuel 13:23-29). The character of the occasion is evident also from the indignation of David at Nabal when the latter refused to provide entertainment at his sheep-shearing for David's young men who had previously protected the flocks of Nabal (1 Samuel 25:2-13). There is also mention of the sheep-shearing of Judah (Genesis 38:12) and of Laban (Genesis 31:19), on which occasion Jacob stole away with his wives and children and his flocks.

Sheep were the most important sacrificial animals, a ram or a young male being often specified. Ewes are mentioned in Leviticus 3:6; Leviticus 4:32; Leviticus 5:6; Leviticus 14:10; Leviticus 22:28 Numbers 6:14.

In the Books of Chronicles we find statements of enormous numbers of animals consumed in sacrifice: "And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep" (2 Chronicles 7:5); "And they sacrificed unto Yahweh in that day (in the reign of Asa).... seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep" (2 Chronicles 15:11); at the cleansing of the temple by Hezekiah "the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them" (2 Chronicles 29:33 f); and "Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep" (2 Chronicles 30:24). In the account of the war of the sons of Reuben and their allies with the Hagrites, we read: "And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand" (1 Chronicles 5:21). Mesha king of Moab is called a "sheep-master," and we read that "he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams" (2 Kings 3:4).

5. Figurative:

Christ is represented as the Lamb of God (Isaiah 53:7 John 1:29 Revelation 5:6). Some of the most beautiful passages in the Bible represent God as a shepherd: "From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel" (Genesis 49:24); "Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1; compare Isaiah 40:11 Ezekiel 34:12-16). Jesus said "I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me.... and I lay down my life for the sheep" (John 10:14 f). The people without leaders are likened to sheep without a shepherd (Numbers 27:17 1 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 18:16 Ezekiel 34:5). Jesus at the Last Supper applies to Himself the words of Zechariah 13:7; "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad" (Matthew 26:31 Mark 14:27). The enemies of Yahweh are compared to the fat of the sacrifice that is consumed away in smoke (Psalm 37:20). God's people are "the sheep of his pasture" (Psalm 79:13; Psalm 95:7; Psalm 100:3). In sinning they become like lost sheep (Isaiah 53:6 Jeremiah 50:6 Ezekiel 34:6 Luke 15:3). In the mouth of Nathan the poor man's one little ewe lamb is a vivid image of the treasure of which the king David has robbed Uriah the Hittite (2 Samuel 12:3). In Songs 6:6, the teeth of the bride are likened to a flock of ewes. It is prophesied that "the wolf shall dwell with the lamb" (Isaiah 11:6) and that "the wolf and the lamb shall feed together" (Isaiah 65:25). Jesus says to His disciples, "I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves" (Matthew 10:16; compare Luke 10:3). In the parable of the Good Shepherd we read: "He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth" (John 10:12).

Alfred Ely Day

SHEEP GATE

(sha`ar ha-tso'-n (Nehemiah 3:1, 32; Nehemiah 12:39)): One of the gates of Jerusalem, probably near the northeast corner. See JERUSALEM. For the "sheep gate" of John 5:2, see BETHESDA; SHEEP MARKET.

SHEEP MARKET

(John 5:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "sheep gate"): The Greek (he probatike) means simply something that pertains to sheep.

See BETHESDA; SHEEP GATE.

SHEEP TENDING

ten'-ding: The Scriptural allusions to pastoral life and the similes drawn from that life are the most familiar and revered in the Bible. Among the first verses that a child learns is "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not wants" (Psalm 23:1 the King James Version, the English Revised Version). What follower of the Master does not love to dwell on the words of the "Good Shepherd" chapter in the Gospel of John (John 10)? Jesus must have drawn a sympathetic response when He referred to the relationship of sheep to shepherd, a relationship familiar to all His hearers and doubtless shared by some of them with their flocks. As a rule the modern traveler in the Holy Land meets with disappointment if he comes expecting to see things as they were depicted in the Bible. An exception to this is the pastoral life, which has not changed one what since Abraham and his descendants fed their flocks on the rich plateaus East of the Jordan or on the mountains of Palestine and Syria. One may count among his most prized experiences the days and nights spent under the spell of Syrian shepherd life.

James A. Patch

MARKET, SHEEP

See SHEEP MARKET.

Greek

4262. probatikos -- of sheep
... of sheep. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: probatikos Phonetic Spelling:
(prob-at-ik-os') Short Definition: pertaining to sheep Definition: pertaining ...
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4263. probaton -- a little sheep
... a little sheep. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: probaton Phonetic
Spelling: (prob'-at-on) Short Definition: a sheep Definition: a sheep. ...
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4263b. probaton -- small animals in a herd, esp. sheep
... small animals in a herd, esp. sheep. Transliteration: probaton Short Definition:
sheep. ... sheep NASB Word Usage sheep (36), sheep's (1). 4263a, 4263b. ...
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4263a. probation -- a little sheep
... probation. 4263b . a little sheep. Transliteration: probation Short Definition:
sheep. ... from probaton Definition a little sheep NASB Word Usage sheep (2). ...
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3374. melote -- a sheepskin
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: melote Phonetic Spelling:
(may-lo-tay') Short Definition: a sheepskin Definition: a sheep's (sometimes pig's ...
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833. aule -- a courtyard, a court
... Transliteration: aule Phonetic Spelling: (ow-lay') Short Definition: court-yard,
fore-court, palace, house Definition: court-yard, fore-court, sheep-fold; but ...
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4167. poimne -- a flock
... a flock. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: poimne Phonetic Spelling:
(poym'-nay) Short Definition: a flock Definition: a flock (of sheep or goats ...
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721. arnion -- lamb.
... 721 (the of 704 , "a sheep") -- properly, a young lamb, "a little lamb" (J.
Thayer); (figuratively) a person with(), () intentions. lamb. ...
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4165. poimaino -- to act as a shepherd
... Word Origin from poimen Definition to act as a shepherd NASB Word Usage caring
(1), rule (3), shepherd (5), tending sheep (1), tends (1). to shepherd, rule. ...
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286. amnos -- a lamb
... 286 -- a sacrificial lamb (used for ); a young sheep (especially a old lamb). Word
Origin a prim. word Definition a lamb NASB Word Usage Lamb (2), lamb (2). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7716. seh -- one of a flock, a sheep (or goat)
... 7715, 7716. seh. 7717 . one of a flock, a sheep (or goat). Transliteration:
seh Phonetic Spelling: (seh) Short Definition: sheep. ...
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5349. noqed -- sheep raiser, sheep dealer, sheep tender
... 5348, 5349. noqed. 5350 . sheep raiser, sheep dealer, sheep tender.
Transliteration: noqed Phonetic Spelling: (no-kade') Short Definition: breeder. ...
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6629. tson -- small cattle, sheep and goats, flock
... 6628, 6629. tson. 6630 . small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Transliteration:
tson Phonetic Spelling: (tsone) Short Definition: flock. ...
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2169. zemer -- perhaps a mountain sheep or goat
... 2168, 2169. zemer. 2170 . perhaps a mountain sheep or goat. Transliteration:
zemer Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-mer) Short Definition: sheep. ...
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1223. botsrah -- an enclosure, a fold (for sheep)
... 1222, 1223. botsrah. 1224 . an enclosure, a fold (for sheep). Transliteration:
botsrah Phonetic Spelling: (bots-raw') Short Definition: fold. ...
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451. alyah -- the fat tail (of sheep)
... 450, 451. alyah. 452 . the fat tail (of sheep). Transliteration: alyah
Phonetic Spelling: (al-yaw') Short Definition: tail. Word ...
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3775. keseb -- a lamb
... keseb. 3776 . a lamb. Transliteration: keseb Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-seb) Short
Definition: sheep. ... Apparently by transposition for kebes; a young sheep -- lamb ...
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6792. tsoneh -- flocks
tsoneh or tsone. 6791, 6792. tsoneh or tsone. 6793 . flocks. Transliteration:
tsoneh or tsone Phonetic Spelling: (tso-nay') Short Definition: sheep. ... sheep. ...
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3532. kebes -- a lamb
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a lamb NASB Word Usage lamb (21),
lambs (28), male (1), male lamb (18), male lambs (32), sheep (2). lamb, sheep. ...
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7353. rachel -- ewe
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition ewe NASB Word Usage ewes (3), sheep
(1). ewe, sheep. From an unused root meaning to journey ...
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Library

'Other Sheep'
... 'OTHER SHEEP'. ... During His earthly life our Lord, as we know, confined His own personal
ministry for the most part to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ...
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Sheep.
... IV. CREATION. Hymn 94 Sheep. John Newton 8,8,8,8. Sheep. The Savior calls his people
sheep,. And bids them on his love rely,. For he alone their souls can keep, ...
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I was a Wand'ring Sheep.
... I WAS A WAND'RING SHEEP. I was a wand'ring sheep, I did not love the fold: I
did not love my Shepherd's voice, I would not be controlled. ...
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January the Nineteenth the Lost Sheep
... JANUARY The Nineteenth THE LOST SHEEP. EZEKIEL xxxiv.11-19. ... The Good Shepherd searches
the "far country" for His lost sheep. "I will bring them ... ...
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The Lost Sheep.
... XXII. THE LOST SHEEP. "Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners
for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured ...
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Sheep among Wolves
... SHEEP AMONG WOLVES. 'If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before
it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/sheep among wolves.htm

The Sheep and their Shepherd
... The Sheep and Their Shepherd. A Sermon ... "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them,
and they follow me.""John 10:27. CHRISTIANS ARE HERE compared to sheep. ...
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The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son.
... THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, AND THE PRODIGAL SON. LUKE xv. The three parables
of this chapter, like the seven in Matthew 13. constitute a connected series. ...
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The Lost Sheep and the Seeking Shepherd
... XVIII to XXVIII THE LOST SHEEP AND THE SEEKING SHEPHERD. ... The most prosaic shepherd
looks for lost sheep, and everybody has peculiar joy over lost things found. ...
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Christ's Sheep
... SERMON V. CHRIST'S SHEEP. Mark vi.34. ... And, what kind of people were these, who so
moved our Lord's pity? The text tells us, that they were like sheep. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon v christs sheep.htm

Thesaurus

Sheep (413 Occurrences)
... "The sheep of Palestine are ...Sheep-shearing was generally an occasion of great festivity
(Genesis 31:19; 38:12, 13; 1 Samuel 25:4-8, 36; 2 Samuel 13:23-28). ...
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Sheep-shearing (1 Occurrence)
Sheep-shearing. Sheepshearing, Sheep-shearing. Sheepskin . Noah
Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Act of shearing sheep. ...
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Sheep-cote (2 Occurrences)
Sheep-cote. Sheepcote, Sheep-cote. Sheepcotes . Multi-Version
Concordance Sheep-cote (2 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 7:8 Now ...
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Sheep's (3 Occurrences)
...Sheep's (3 Occurrences). Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. ...
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Sheep-gate (2 Occurrences)
Sheep-gate. Sheepgate, Sheep-gate. Sheep-'gate . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Multi-Version Concordance Sheep-gate (2 Occurrences). ...
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Sheep-shearers (3 Occurrences)
Sheep-shearers. Sheepshearers, Sheep-shearers. Sheepshearing .
Multi-Version Concordance Sheep-shearers (3 Occurrences). ...
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Sheep-farmer (1 Occurrence)
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Bible Concordance

Sheep (413 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 12:11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 12:12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 15:24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:12 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
(KJV WBS NIV)

Matthew 25:32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written,'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:34 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written,'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 2:8 Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,
(WEY BBE)

Luke 2:15 And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.
(BBE)

Luke 2:18 And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.
(BBE)

Luke 2:20 Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.
(BBE)

Luke 15:4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 17:7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field,'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'
(WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

John 2:14 He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 2:15 He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 5:2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:10 The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
(BBE)

John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
(KJV WEY BBE WBS YLT NIV)

John 10:15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 21:16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 21:17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 8:32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
(BBE)

Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 2:25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 5:4 And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
(BBE)

Jude 1:12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,
(BBE)

Revelation 18:13 and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 4:2 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)

Genesis 12:16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 13:5 And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;
(YLT)

Genesis 15:9 And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
(BBE)

Genesis 20:14 Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 21:27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 22:7 And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the sheep for a burnt-offering?
(DBY)

Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.
(DBY)

Genesis 22:13 And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
(BBE)

Genesis 24:35 And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.
(DBY NIV)

Genesis 29:2 He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:3 There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:7 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:8 They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:10 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:33 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Genesis 30:42 but when the sheep were feeble, he put them not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.
(DBY)

Genesis 31:19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Genesis 31:38 These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
(BBE NIV)

Genesis 32:5 and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.
(DBY NIV)

Genesis 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.
(DBY)

Genesis 32:14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
(BBE)

Genesis 33:13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.
(DBY)

Genesis 34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
(KJV DBY WBS)

Genesis 38:12 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 38:13 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.
(DBY)

Genesis 46:32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.
(BBE DBY)

Genesis 46:34 You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.
(BBE)

Genesis 47:1 And Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their cattle, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
(DBY)

Genesis 47:3 And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
(BBE)

Genesis 47:4 And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for the sheep that thy servants have, for the famine is grievous in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
(DBY)

Genesis 47:17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for horses, and for flocks of sheep, and for herds of cattle, and for asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.
(DBY NIV)

Exodus 2:17 And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.
(BBE)

Exodus 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.
(BBE)

Exodus 9:3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
(KJV DBY WBS NIV)

Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 20:24 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 22:1 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
(See RSV)

Exodus 22:4 If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Exodus 22:9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says,'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 22:10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 22:30 You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:1 This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,
(BBE)

Exodus 29:3 Put these in a basket and take them, with the ox and the two sheep.
(BBE)

Exodus 29:15 Then take one of the sheep, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.
(BBE)

Exodus 29:17 Then the sheep is to be cut up into its parts, and after washing its legs and its inside parts, you are to put them with the parts and the head,
(BBE)

Subtopics

Sheep

Sheep Gate

Sheep Gate: An Ancient Gate of Jerusalem

Sheep Market

Sheep Market of Jerusalem

Sheep of Backsliders

Sheep of Lost Sinners

Sheep of the Defenselessness of Servants of God (Greek: Diakonoi)

Sheep of the Jews

Sheep of the People of Christ

Sheep of the Righteous