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In biblical literature, he-goats are frequently mentioned and hold significant symbolic and practical roles within the cultural and religious contexts of ancient Israel. The he-goat, or male goat, is often associated with strength, leadership, and at times, sin and judgment.

Symbolism and Representation

He-goats are often used symbolically in the Bible to represent leaders or prominent figures. In Daniel 8:5, the he-goat is depicted as a powerful and swift creature, symbolizing the kingdom of Greece under Alexander the Great: "As I was observing, a male goat came from the west, crossing the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground. And the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes" . This imagery underscores the he-goat's association with power and dominance.

In the prophetic literature, he-goats can also symbolize judgment and separation. In Matthew 25:32-33, Jesus uses the imagery of separating sheep from goats to illustrate the final judgment: "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left" . Here, goats represent those who are not part of the righteous, highlighting a negative connotation in this context.

Sacrificial Use

He-goats were commonly used in sacrificial offerings, particularly in the context of atonement and purification rituals. Leviticus 16:7-10 describes the Day of Atonement, where two goats are used: one as a sin offering and the other as the scapegoat, which is sent into the wilderness to symbolically carry away the sins of the people. This ritual underscores the he-goat's role in the sacrificial system, emphasizing themes of sin, atonement, and redemption.

Practical and Economic Role

In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, he-goats were valuable assets. They were essential for breeding and maintaining the flock, providing milk, meat, and hides. Proverbs 27:26-27 highlights the economic importance of goats: "The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you, your family, and your maidservants" . This passage reflects the practical benefits of he-goats in sustaining the livelihood of families.

Cultural and Religious Context

He-goats also appear in various cultural and religious contexts outside of Israel. In the broader Ancient Near Eastern culture, goats were often associated with fertility and vitality. However, the biblical narrative often reinterprets these symbols to align with the monotheistic worship of Yahweh, distinguishing Israelite practices from those of surrounding nations.

In summary, he-goats in the Bible serve as multifaceted symbols representing leadership, judgment, and atonement, while also playing a crucial role in the economic and religious life of ancient Israel. Their presence in scripture reflects both the practical realities of pastoral life and the deeper spiritual truths conveyed through biblical narratives.

Strong's Hebrew

6260. attud -- male goat
... Or sattud {at-tood'}; from athad; prepared, ie Full grown; spoken only (in plural)
of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people -- chief one, (he) goat ...
/hebrew/6260.htm - 6k

Library

The Same is Proved from the visions which Appeared to Jacob.
... grandson of Abraham, speaks thus: And it came to pass, when the sheep conceived,
that I saw them with my eyes in the dream: And, behold, the he-goats and the ...
/.../chapter lviii the same is proved.htm

Through Her Bosom, we are Told, Nana Conceived a Son by an Apple. ...
... The infant was brought up on he-goats' milk. ... [4360] ie, he-goats are made to yield
milk. [4361] Lit., "praiseworthy.". [4362] Lit., "with.". ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/13 through her bosom we.htm

Sacrifice Renewed
... And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats,
for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/sacrifice renewed.htm

Proof that God did not Appoint the Levitical Dispensation for his ...
... 4010] Because, therefore, God stands in need of nothing, He declares in the preceding
Psalm: "I will take no calves out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xvii proof that god did.htm

Argument. --That God Also Appeared to Jacob as an Angel; Namely ...
... Lift up thine eyes, said He, and see, the he-goats and the rams leaping upon the
sheep, and the she-goats are black and white, and many-coloured, and grizzled ...
/.../chapter xix argument that god also.htm

So Also were Sacrifices and Oblations.
... I will take no bullocks out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds: for all
the beasts of the field are Mine, the herds and the oxen on the mountains. ...
/.../chapter xxii so also were sacrifices.htm

The New Temple and Its Worship
... dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred
lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the new temple and its.htm

The Earth Brings Forth, as if by Suppuration...
... death by violence? Or does God importune for the blood of men, especially
if He refuses that of bulls and he-goats? [8221] Assuredly ...
/.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter i the earth brings.htm

Hear, O My People, and I Will Speak
... I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds. For every
beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/81 hear o my people.htm

Of the Law.
... the Lord does not so much delight in sacrifice, as in obeying Him." [3286] And He
says by David: "I will take no calves out of thine house, nor he-goats out of ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iv of the law.htm

Thesaurus

He-goats (38 Occurrences)
He-goats. He-goat, He-goats. Heifer . Multi-Version Concordance
He-goats (38 Occurrences). Genesis 31:10 And it came ...
/h/he-goats.htm - 18k

Yearling (48 Occurrences)
... offering; (DBY). Numbers 7:17 and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was ...
/y/yearling.htm - 19k

Oxen (176 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son ...
/o/oxen.htm - 38k

Satyr
... For se`irim in Leviticus 17:7 and 2 Chronicles 11:15, the King James Version has
"devils," the Revised Version (British and American) "he-goats," the English ...
/s/satyr.htm - 12k

Sacrificed (112 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Numbers 7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. ...
/s/sacrificed.htm - 38k

Peace-offering (46 Occurrences)
... (Root in JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT). Numbers 7:17 and for the sacrifice of
peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first ...
/p/peace-offering.htm - 21k

Peace-offerings (82 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nahshon the son ...
/p/peace-offerings.htm - 33k

He-lambs (34 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nahshon the son ...
/h/he-lambs.htm - 16k

Fattened (19 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:14 Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of
the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the ...
/f/fattened.htm - 12k

Bullocks (50 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty
and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the hegoats sixty, the lambs of the ...
/b/bullocks.htm - 23k

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He-goats (38 Occurrences)

Genesis 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.
(ASV BBE JPS YLT RSV)

Genesis 31:12
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
(ASV BBE JPS YLT)

Genesis 31:38
These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
(Root in JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Genesis 32:14
two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
(Root in JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 16:5
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
(ASV BBE JPS)

Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.
(ASV)

Numbers 7:17
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:23
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:29
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:35
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:41
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:47
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:53
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:59
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:65
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:71
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:77
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:83
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Numbers 7:88
and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 32:14
Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.
(DBY JPS YLT)

2 Chronicles 11:15
and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.
(ASV BBE DBY)

2 Chronicles 17:11
And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

2 Chronicles 29:21
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

2 Chronicles 29:23
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Ezra 6:17
And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Ezra 8:35
The children of the captivity, that were come out of exile, offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 50:9
I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS)

Psalms 50:13
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
(YLT)

Psalms 66:15
Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah.
(YLT)

Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
(BBE YLT)

Isaiah 1:11
What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 14:9
Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
(DBY)

Isaiah 34:6
A sword 'is' to Jehovah -- it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice 'is' to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 50:8
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Jeremiah 51:40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They 'are' the traders of thy hand, For lambs, and rams, and he-goats, In these thy merchants.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 34:17
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 39:18
The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.
(BBE YLT)

Subtopics

He-goats

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