Topic
Ewe
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 22:28ISBE
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
- 1 Samuel 6:7ISBE
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
- 1 Samuel 6:10ISBE
¶ And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
- Psalms 78:71ISBE
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
- Song of Songs 6:6ISBE
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
- Isaiah 40:11ISBE
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Isaiah 53:7ISBE
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
u (rachel, `ul, seh, "a female sheep"):
Rachel (compare pr. note Rachel, and Arabic rachala, "to migrate") is the ordinary Hebrew word for ewe, but is translated "sheep," though with clear indication of sex in context, in Isa 53:7 and So 6:6 (the Revised Version (British and American) "ewes"). `Aloth, participle of `ul, "to suckle" (compare Arabic ghal) is found in Ps 78:71 and Isa 40:11 (the King James Version "are with young," the English Revised Version "that give suck," the American Standard Revised Version "have their young"). In 1Sa 6:7,10 occurs paroth `aloth, "milch kine." Seh, in Le 22:28, while translated "ewe," might from the context be "ewe" or "shegoat" and indeed seems to be used here as a term applying equally to either, being used elsewhere for one of a flock of sheep or goats.
See SHEEP.
Alfred Ely Day
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.