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Strong's G4263 πρόβατον (probaton)

probaton - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4263 — machmal (“pitieth”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4263
Language Greek
Linked Usages 303
Books 43

Strong's G4263 Quick Answer

Strong's G4263 πρόβατον (probaton) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. probaton (prob'-at-on) n. 1. something that walks forward (a quadruped) 2. (specially) a sheep It has 303 linked Bible usages across 43 books. Visible English usage signals include sheep, lord, shalt, cattle, and oxen. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
probaton (prob'-at-on) n. 1. something that walks forward (a quadruped) 2. (specially) a sheep
Usage
303 linked usages
Books
43 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sheep, lord, shalt, cattle, and oxen

Meaning and Definition

probaton (prob'-at-on) n. 1. something that walks forward (a quadruped) 2. (specially) a sheep {"sheep" literally or figuratively} [probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260] KJV: sheep(-fold) Root(s): G4260

Original Word
πρόβατον
Transliteration
probaton
Derivation
Root: προβαίνω R1: 4260
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4263. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

sheep

Usage: πρόβατον, -ου, τό (προβαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for צֹאן, also for שֶׂה, more rarely for כֶּבֶשׂ (כֶּשֶׂב), רָחֵל ;] __1. in Hom., Hdt., cattle, esp. of small cattle, sheep and goats. __2. In NT, as in Attic writers generally (cf. MM, xxi), a sheep: Mat.7:15, Mrk.6:34, al.; πρόβατα σφαγῆς, Rom.8:36 (LXX). Metaphorical (in cl. of timidity, stupidity or idleness), of the followers of a leader or master, esp.

of those who are subject to the care of the Good Shepherd: Mat.10:6 15:24 26:31" (LXX) Mrk.14:27 (LXX), Jhn.10:7-8, 15-16 10:26-27 21:16-17 (WH txt., προβάτια), Heb.13:20; opposite to ἐρίφια, Mat.25:33. προβάτιον, -ου, τό, dimin. of πρόβατον (used as a term of endearment, see El., § 27, 4), a little sheep: Jhn.21:16-17 (πρόβατα, WH, mg.).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

sheep lord shalt cattle oxen said thee offering every firstborn god father

How Strong's G4263 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 253 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4263 (πρόβατον) appears 295 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4263 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 G4263 in the New Testament

37 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G4263 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

253 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,

Genesis 12:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and mules, and camels.

Strong's G4263 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4263.

Genesis 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
Genesis 12:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and mules, and camels.
Genesis 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.
Genesis 20:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maidservants, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 21:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.
Genesis 21:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs by themselves.
Genesis 21:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set alone?
Genesis 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac said to Abraham his father, Father. And he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, where is the sheep for a whole burnt offering?
Genesis 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham said, God will provide himself a sheep for a whole burnt offering, my son. And both having gone together,
Genesis 24:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and maidservants, camels, and asses.
Genesis 26:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.
Genesis 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.
Genesis 29:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said, It is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water ye the flocks, and depart and feed them.
Genesis 29:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.
Genesis 29:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father’s sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.
Genesis 29:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother.
Genesis 30:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and Jacob said to him, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend thy flocks and keep them.
Genesis 30:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let all thy sheep pass by today, and separate thence every gray sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—this shall be my reward.
Genesis 30:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set a distance of a three days’ journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
Genesis 30:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.
Genesis 30:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth young speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-colored spots.
Genesis 30:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
Genesis 30:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.
Genesis 30:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he did not put them in indiscriminately whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban’s, and the marked ones Jacob’s.
Genesis 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.
Genesis 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots.
Genesis 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.
Genesis 31:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father’s images.
Genesis 31:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These twenty years have I been with thee; thy sheep, and thy she-goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of thy cattle.
Genesis 31:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.
Genesis 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and maidservants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
Genesis 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
Genesis 33:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
Genesis 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.
Genesis 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.
Genesis 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Shechem.
Genesis 37:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 38:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days were fulfilled, and Shua the wife of Judah died; and Judah, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Hirah his shepherd the Adullamite, to Timnah.
Genesis 38:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was told Tamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah, to shear his sheep.
Genesis 38:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, Well, if thou wilt give me an earnest, until thou send it.
Genesis 45:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia; and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, thy sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.
Genesis 46:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall say, We thy servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 47:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
Genesis 47:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.
Genesis 50:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Goshen.
Exodus 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jethro; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jethro.
Exodus 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.
Exodus 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.
Exodus 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he brought the sheep nigh to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Horeb.
Exodus 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
Exodus 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.
Exodus 10:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only leave your sheep and your oxen, and let your store depart with you.
Exodus 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.
Exodus 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbor that lives near to him—as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.
Exodus 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: ye shall take it of the lambs and the kids.
Exodus 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your kindred, and slay the Passover.
Exodus 12:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you.
Exodus 12:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.
Exodus 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every offspring opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a sheep; and if thou wilt not change it, thou shalt redeem it: every firstborn of man of thy sons shalt thou redeem.
Exodus 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.
Exodus 21:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if one steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them twofold.
Exodus 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be—the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbor double.
Exodus 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone give to his neighbor to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know,
Exodus 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So shalt thou do with thy calf and thy sheep and thine ass; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.
Exodus 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let no one go up with thee, nor be seen in all the mountain; and let not the sheep and oxen feed near that mountain.
Exodus 34:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The males are mine, everything that opens the womb; every firstborn of oxen, and every firstborn of sheep.
Exodus 34:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the firstborn of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep, and if thou wilt not redeem it thou shalt pay a price: every firstborn of thy sons shalt thou redeem: thou shalt not appear before me empty.
Leviticus 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If any man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, ye shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep.
Leviticus 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift be of the sheep to the Lord, or of the lambs, or of the kids for whole burnt offerings, he shall bring it a male without blemish.
Leviticus 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.
Leviticus 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should offer a lamb for his sin offering, he shall offer it a female without blemish.
Leviticus 4:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he cannot afford a sheep, he shall bring for his sin which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The soul which shall be really unconscious, and shall sin unwillingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, shall even bring to the Lord for his transgression, a ram of the flock without blemish, valued according to shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for his transgression wherein he transgressed.
Leviticus 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he shall even bring a ram without blemish from the flock, valued at a price of silver for his transgression to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for his trespass of ignorance, wherein he ignorantly trespassed, and he knew it not; and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring to the Lord for his trespass, a ram of the flock, without blemish, of value to the amount of the thing in which he trespassed.
Leviticus 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats.
Leviticus 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without spot of a year old, and one ewe lamb without spot of a year old, and three-tenths of fine flour for sacrifice kneaded with oil, and one small cup of oil.
Leviticus 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, who shall kill a calf, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who shall kill it out of the camp,
Leviticus 22:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
your free will offerings shall be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
Leviticus 22:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever man shall offer a peace offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of freewill offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.
Leviticus 22:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a calf or a sheep with the ears cut off, or that has lost its tail, thou shalt slay them for thyself; but they shall not be accepted for thy vow.
Leviticus 22:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a bullock and a ewe, it and its young, thou shalt not kill in one day.
Leviticus 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall offer on the day on which ye bring the sheaf, a lamb without blemish of a year old for a whole burnt offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every firstborn which shall be produced among thy cattle shall be the Lord’s, and no man shall sanctify it: whether calf or sheep, it is the Lord’s.
Leviticus 27:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatsoever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.
Numbers 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?
Numbers 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou wilt offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a meat offering to perform a vow, or a freewill offering, or to offer in your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savor to the Lord, whether of the herd or the flock:
Numbers 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shalt thou do to one calf or to one ram, or to one lamb of the sheep or kid of the goats.
Numbers 18:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou shalt not redeem the firstborn of calves and the firstborn of sheep and the firstborn of goats; they are holy: and thou shalt pour their blood upon the altar, and thou shalt offer the fat as a burnt offering for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Numbers 22:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balak offered sheep and calves, and sent to Balaam and to his princes who were with him.
Numbers 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.
Numbers 31:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and ye shall take from their half.
Numbers 31:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
Numbers 31:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:
Numbers 31:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the half, even the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 31:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
Numbers 31:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the half taken from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 32:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;
Numbers 32:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Nimrah, and Beth-haran, strong cities, and folds for sheep.
Deuteronomy 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, on the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers to give to thee.
Deuteronomy 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thy oxen and thy sheep are multiplied to thee, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied to thee, and all thy possessions are multiplied to thee,
Deuteronomy 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall carry thither your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your firstfruits, and your vowed offerings, and your freewill offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the firstborn of your herds, and of your flocks.
Deuteronomy 12:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not be able to eat in thy cities the tithe of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the firstborn of thy herd and of thy flock, and all your vows as many as ye shall have vowed, and your thank offerings, and the firstfruits of thy hands.
Deuteronomy 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the place be far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which God shall have given thee, even as I commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.
Deuteronomy 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the beasts which ye shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;
Deuteronomy 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the firstborn of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
Deuteronomy 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or thou shalt lay it out on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house,
Deuteronomy 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt give him provision for the way from thy flock, and from thy corn, and from thy wine; as the Lord thy God has blessed thee, thou shalt give to him.
Deuteronomy 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every firstborn that shall be born among thy kine and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord thy God; thou shalt not work with thy firstborn calf, and thou shalt not shear the firstborn of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt sacrifice the Passover to the Lord thy God, sheep and oxen in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called upon it.
Deuteronomy 17:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a calf or a sheep, in which there is a blemish, or any evil thing; for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4263, grouped by book.

Genesis 50 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 11 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 17 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4263 FAQ

What does probaton (πρόβατον) mean?

Strong's G4263 is a Greek entry for G4263 πρόβατον (probaton). probaton (prob'-at-on) n. 1. something that walks forward (a quadruped) 2. (specially) a sheep

How many times is probaton (πρόβατον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 303 linked usages for Strong's G4263 across 43 books.

Where can I study probaton (πρόβατον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4263 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate probaton (πρόβατον)?

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

Does Strong's G4263 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 253 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4263, with linked reader references where each row is available.