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כֶּבֶשׂ
kebes · Hebrew · Strong's H3532 · 107 occurrences
The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “lamb”
What it means
a ram (just old enough to butt)
from an unused root meaning to dominate;
How the KJV renders it
lamb, sheep
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“lamb”
also renders arníon (G721), amnós (G286), arḗn (G704), ʼimmar (H563), ṭᵉlâʼ (H2922), kar (H3733), keseb (H3775), kisbâh (H3776), seh (H7716)
“sheep”
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Where it appears
107 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 29:21 · HNcmpa
They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
2 Chronicles 29:21 · HC/Ncmpa
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on Yahweh’s altar.
2 Chronicles 29:22 · HTd/Ncmpa
So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
2 Chronicles 29:32 · HNcmpa
The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 35:7 · HNcmpa
Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.
Exodus 12:5 · HTd/Ncmpa
Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.