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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Flock

Flock (usually and properly עֵדֵר, e'der, ποίμνη [or dimin. ποιμνίον, a "little flock,' like חֲשַׂיŠ, chasiph', 1Ki 20:27]; occasionally מִקנֶה, mikneh', cattle, as generally rendered; frequently צאֹן, sheep collectively, as commonly rendered; also מִרעִית," marith', Jer 10:21, pasture, as elsewhere rendered; and עִשׁתּרוֹת, ashteroth' [q.v.], De 7:13; De 28:4,18,51, i.e. Venuses, ewes for breeding). See FOLD; see PASTURAGE; see SHEEP.

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.