Sheep: Figurative
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1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should be plagued.
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Psalm 74:1
O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
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Jeremiah 13:20
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
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Greek
4165. poimaino -- to act as a shepherd
... to shepherd, tend") occurs 11 times in the NT, usually with a figurative sense of ...
NASB Word Usage caring (1), rule (3), shepherd (5), tending sheep (1), tends ...
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Figurative Senses have their Foundation in Literal Fact Besides ...
... as the verities would not have been declared, out of which the figurative language
is ... and against His anointed." [7398] He, again, was "led as a sheep to the ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xx figurative senses have their.htm

Use of the Obscurities in Scripture which Arise from Its ...
... Chapter 6."Use of the Obscurities in Scripture Which Arise from Its Figurative Language. ...
of a beautiful woman, "Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 6 use of the obscurities.htm

The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... For the ascertaining of figurative language, a few simple rules will be, in general,
sufficient ... 1:29, 36; Rev.5:12; 6:1; etc.); "the door of the sheep" (John 10 ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

Of the Parables of the Lost Ewe and the Lost Drachma.
... [780] Let the very paintings upon your cups come forward to show whether even in
them the figurative meaning of that sheep will shine through (the outward ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/on modesty/chapter vii of the parables of.htm

The Syro-Phoenician Woman. (Matt. , xv. , 21; Mark, vii. , 24. ) ...
... into the same fold, and under the same shepherd, with the lost sheep of the ... may sound
to us, we must remember that it was a figurative expression, meaning ...
/.../section 184 the syro-phoenician woman.htm

Introduction.
... oriental languages, like the people who speak them, are exceedingly figurative and
poetic ... to the human shepherd attending and providing for his sheep, it has ...
//christianbookshelf.org/callan/the shepherd of my soul/introduction.htm

Love and Service.
... Confining ourselves to the figurative expression which the Saviour uses, it
unquestionably includes very specially two things: first, that the sheep of the ...
/.../schleiermacher/selected sermons of schleiermacher/xi love and service.htm

All who Walk According to Truth are Children of God.
... He will gather the lambs with His arm," [1066] "using the figurative appellation
of lambs, which are still more tender than sheep, to express simplicity. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter v all who walk according.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xxi. 19, Where Jesus Dried up ...
... They believed at that time, and "they were the lost sheep of the house ... at once, both
its own literal interpretation, [2972] and a figurative signification also ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxxix on the words.htm

Prophecy.
... he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her ... Here is no double
sense; no figurative language but what is sufficiently intelligible to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/paley/evidences of christianity/chapter i prophecy.htm

Resources
What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sheep and Goats? | GotQuestions.org

What is the meaning of the Parables of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Jesus tell Peter to "feed my sheep" in John 21? | GotQuestions.org

Sheep: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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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

Sheep of the Wicked in Their Death

Sheep of Those Under God's Judgment

Sheep Tending

Sheep were Frequently: Cut off by Disease

Sheep were Frequently: Destroyed by Wild Beasts

Sheep were Frequently: Given As Presents

Sheep were Frequently: Given As Tribute

Sheep were Frequently: Taken in Great Numbers in War

Sheep: (In Patience and Simplicity) of Patience, of Christ

Sheep: (In Proneness to Wander) of Those Who Depart from God

Sheep: (Lost) of the Unregenerate

Sheep: (Separation from the Goats) the Separation of Saints

Sheep: (When Found) Restored Sinners

Sheep: Agile

Sheep: Also: Bozrah

Sheep: Also: Jacob's Management of

Sheep: Also: Kedar

Sheep: Also: Nebaioth

Sheep: Also: Sharon

Sheep: Being Covered With a Fleece

Sheep: Bleating of, Alluded To

Sheep: Clean and Used As Food

Sheep: Constituted a Great Part of Patriarchal Wealth

Sheep: False Prophets Assume the Simple Appearance

Sheep: Feasting at the Time of Shearing

Sheep: Females of, Called Ewes

Sheep: Figurative

Sheep: First Wool of, Given to the Priests

Sheep: Firstlings of, Could not be Dedicated As a Free-Will offering

Sheep: Firstlings of, not to be Redeemed

Sheep: Firstlings of, not to be Shorn

Sheep: Flesh of, Extensively Used As Food

Sheep: Flocks of Attended by Members of the Family

Sheep: Flocks of Attended by Servants

Sheep: Flocks of Conducted to the Richest Pastures

Sheep: Flocks of Fed in the Valleys

Sheep: Flocks of Fed on the Mountains

Sheep: Flocks of Fled from Strangers

Sheep: Flocks of Followed the Shepherd

Sheep: Flocks of Frequently Covered the Pastures

Sheep: Flocks of Guarded by Dogs

Sheep: Flocks of Kept in Folds or Cotes

Sheep: Flocks of Made to Rest at Noon

Sheep: Flocks of Watered Every Day

Sheep: Innocent

Sheep: Males of Called Rams

Sheep: Milk of, Used As Food

Sheep: Milk of, Used for Food

Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice by Abel

Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice by Abraham

Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice by Noah

Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice from the Earliest Age

Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice Under the Law

Sheep: Parable of the Lost

Sheep: Places Celebrated For: Bashan

Sheep: Places Celebrated For: Bozrah

Sheep: Places Celebrated For: Kedar

Sheep: Places Celebrated For: Nebaioth

Sheep: Remarkably Prolific

Sheep: Sagacious

Sheep: Shearing of

Sheep: Skins of, Made Into a Covering for the Tabernacle

Sheep: Skins of, Worn As Clothing by the Poor

Sheep: The First Fleece of, Belonged to the Priests and the Levites

Sheep: The Land of Bashan Adapted to the Raising of

Sheep: Time of Shearing, a Time of Rejoicing

Sheep: Tithe of, Given to the Levites

Sheep: Tribute (Taxes) Paid In

Sheep: Under Man's Care from the Earliest Age

Sheep: Washed and Shorn Every Year

Sheep: Wool of, Made Into Clothing

Sheep: Young of, Called Lambs

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