Sheep pen, sheepfold
Human-made Things in the Bible
The sheep pen was an area enclosed by a stone wall or hedge made of branches and thorns. It had a narrow opening through which the sheep could pass and which could be closed with brush or by the shepherd’s body. Sheep were put in the pen at night to protect them from thieves or wild animals.
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
בָּצְרָה botsrah · 1 verse
גְּדֵרָה gidroth, gidroth ts’on · 6 verses
מִכְלָא mikla’, mikl’oth, mikl’oth ts’on · 3 verses
מִשְׁפְּתַיִם, שְׁפַתַּיִם mishpthayim, shfatayim · 3 verses
αὐλή aulē · 2 verses
μάνδρα mandra · 2 verses
Also in Animal husbandry
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema