Word

כֶּבֶשׂ

kebes · H3532 · Hebrew · 107 occurrences

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Thing

Sheep, lambMammals319 verses

Meanings

a lamb

The young of a sheep, either male or female, eaten at Passover and used for sacrifice, with a fleece used for clothing

Examples
Exodus 12:5 ‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
Exodus 29:38 “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one-year-old lambs each day, continuously.
Exodus 29:39 “The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

אָשָׁםguilt offering, guilt 2
יmy 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

78 occurrences in 12 groups

אֶחָדone 26
חָמֵשׁfive 12
שֶׁבַעseven 12
תָּמִיםwithout defect, blameless, whole 10
אַרְבַּעfour 8
שְׁנַיִםtwo 7
Other words · 5 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6

Named alongside itApposition

52 occurrences in 5 groups

בֵּןson 50
אַלּוּףchief 1
עֹלָהburnt offering 1
צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 1
אִשָּׁהoffering made by fire 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָעָהto shepherd, to feed, to graze 1

What is done to itIt is the object

21 occurrences in 5 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 9
לָקַחto take, to receive 4
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 4
שָׁחַטto slaughter 3
קָרַבto come near, to offer 1

What it is said to bePredicate

13 occurrences in 2 groups

זֶבַחsacrifice 12
לְבוּשׁclothing 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בָּקָרcattle, oxen 1
אֲנִיI 1
עֹלָהburnt offering 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

31 occurrences in 6 groups

לto/for 28
כlike/as 3
עַלon, upon, over, against 2
עִםwith 2
מִןfrom 1
בin/on/with 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

גֵּזshearing 1
דָּםblood 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀμνός amnós · G286 · lamb: Greek ἀμνός (amnós, G286) is the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kebes, H3532) in LXX usage, both denoting a young sheep or lamb, particularly in sacrificial contexts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Domestic Animals001001002002: The word names a lamb or sheep, a domesticated animal frequently offered in sacrifice throughout the Levitical offerings.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כֶּבֶשׂkebes · H3532כִּבְשָׂה kibsâh · H3535 · ewe-lamb · 8×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3532. kebes כֶּ֫בֶשׂ107 noun masculineExo 29:38 lamb (√ dubious: Late Hebrew id.,…

H3532. kebes
כֶּ֫בֶשׂ107 noun masculineExo 29:38 lamb (√ dubious: Late Hebrew id., battering-ram; Assyrian kabšu, lamb according to COTGloss; Arabic is ram, leader; Syriac lamb, with anom. , is very rare, and probably loan-word; Nö in Frä109) — ׳כ absolute Exo 29:39 Exo 29:43t.; plural כְּבָשִׂים Exo 29:38 61t.; suffix כְּבָשַׂי Job 31:20; —
1 lamb, for sacrifice: Isa 1:11; of daily offering Exo 29:38-39, (twice in verse); Exo 29:40-41, Num 28:3-4, (twice in verse) + 12 t. Numbers 28; sin-offering Lev 4:32; purification Lev 12:6; Lev 14:10 Lev 14:5t. Leviticus 14; dedication of altar Num 7:15 Num 7:25t. Numbers 7; offerings in 7th month Num 29:2 Num 29:22t. Numbers 29, etc. (87 t. Exodus Leviticus Numbers all P); in Ezekiel's temple Eze 46:4 Eze 46:6t. Ezekiel 46; 1Ch 29:21; 2Ch 29:21-22, 2Ch 29:32; 2Ch 35:7; Ezr 8:35, compare simile Jer 11:19.
2 lambs, as grazing; symbol of devastation Isa 5:17 (compare GieBeitr. 1890), simile of Israel Hos 4:16; in predict. עִםכֿ זְאֵב ׳וְגָר Isa 11:6.
3 lambs, as furnishing wool for clothing: Job 31:20 כ ׳גֵּז, Pro 27:26 ׳כ לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Domestic Animals107 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0