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Strong's H7716 שֶׂה (seh)

Seh means “goat” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7716
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 39
Books 12

Strong's H7716 Quick Answer

Strong's H7716 שֶׂה שֵׂי (seh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. seh (seh) (or sey {say}) n-m. 1. a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat [probably from H7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze] It has 39 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include sheep, flock, saying, say, and said. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
seh (seh) (or sey {say}) n-m. 1. a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat [probably from H7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze]
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
sheep, flock, saying, say, and said

Meaning and Definition

seh (seh) (or sey {say}) n-m. 1. a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat [probably from H7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze] KJV: (lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Root(s): H7582 Compare: H2089

Original Word
שֶׂה שֵׂי
Transliteration
seh
Derivation
Root: שׁאה First root strongs: 7582
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7716. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

sheep

Usage: 1) one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat 1a) sheep, goat 1b) flock (collective) Also means: zeh (זֶה "lamb" H2089)

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How Strong's H7716 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render seh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H7716 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7716 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7716 in the Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 22:7 KJV

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

Genesis 22:8 KJV

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Genesis 30:32 KJV

I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7716.

Genesis 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Genesis 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis 30:32 Old Testament, KJV
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
Exodus 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
Exodus 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Exodus 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Exodus 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
Exodus 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Exodus 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
Exodus 34:19 Old Testament, KJV
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Exodus 34:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
Leviticus 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Leviticus 22:23 Old Testament, KJV
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Leviticus 22:28 Old Testament, KJV
And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
Leviticus 27:26 Old Testament, KJV
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
Numbers 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
Deuteronomy 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Deuteronomy 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
Deuteronomy 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
Joshua 6:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Judges 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
1 Samuel 14:34 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
1 Samuel 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel 17:34 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1 Samuel 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Psalms 119:176 Old Testament, KJV
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Isaiah 7:25 Old Testament, KJV
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Isaiah 43:23 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Isaiah 53:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 66:3 Old Testament, KJV
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Jeremiah 50:17 Old Testament, KJV
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Ezekiel 34:17 Old Testament, KJV
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
Ezekiel 34:20 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Ezekiel 34:22 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
Ezekiel 45:15 Old Testament, KJV
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7716, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 10 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 5 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7716 FAQ

What does seh (שֶׂה) mean?

Seh (Strong's H7716) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "goat". seh (seh) (or sey {say}) n-m. 1. a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat [probably from H7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze]

How many times is seh (שֶׂה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H7716 across 12 books.

Where can I study seh (שֶׂה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7716 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate seh (שֶׂה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sheep, flock, saying, say, and said. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.