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עֵדֶר
ʻêder · Hebrew · Strong's H5739 · 39 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “flock”
What it means
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
from H5737 (עֲדַר);
How the KJV renders it
drove, flock, herd
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“flock”
Where it appears
39 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 34 verses shown.
1 Samuel 17:34 · HR/Td/Ncmsa
David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
2 Chronicles 32:28 · HC/Ncmpa
also storehouses for the increase of grain, new wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of animals, and flocks in folds.
Ezekiel 34:12 · HNcmsc/Sp3ms
As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Genesis 29:2 · HNcmpc
He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw 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.
Genesis 29:3 · HTd/Ncmpa
There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back on the well’s mouth in its place.
Genesis 29:8 · HTd/Ncmpa
They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.”
Genesis 30:40 HNcmpaGenesis 32:16 HNcmsaGenesis 32:19 HTd/NcmpaIsaiah 17:2 HR/NcmpaIsaiah 32:14 HNcmpaIsaiah 40:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msJudges 5:16 HNcmpaJeremiah 6:3 HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 13:17 HNcmscJeremiah 13:20 HTd/NcmsaJeremiah 31:10 HNcmsc/Sp3msJeremiah 31:24 HRd/NcmsaJeremiah 51:23 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3msJob 24:2 HNcmsaJoel 1:18 HNcmpcMalachi 1:14 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msMicah 2:12 HR/NcmsaMicah 4:8 HNcmsaMicah 5:8 HR/NcmpcProverbs 27:23 HR/NcmpaPsalm 78:52 HRd/NcmsaSong of Solomon 1:7 HNcmpcSong of Solomon 4:1 HR/NcmscSong of Solomon 4:2 HR/NcmscSong of Solomon 6:5 HR/NcmscSong of Solomon 6:6 HR/NcmscZechariah 10:3 HNcmsc/Sp3msZephaniah 2:14 HNcmpa
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.