keves · lamb

What it means

keves (כֶּבֶשׂ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lamb”.

A young sheep, male (a young ram).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A young lamb for sacrifices.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Lamb: a young male sheep. Of the same family is כֶּשֶׂב, “lamb”, with two letters changed in place, and the feminine form כִּבְשָׂה, “ewe lamb”.

• The two lambs of the continual burnt offering Exodus 29:38Exodus 29:39Numbers 28:3
• Lambs in other offerings Leviticus 14:10
• The measures of grain “for each lamb of the seven lambs” Numbers 28:21
• “The wolf will dwell with the lamb” Isaiah 11:6
• The sacrifices YHWH does not want Isaiah 1:11

Historical and cultural background

Exodus 29:38-39 and Numbers 28:3 order the offering each day of “two lambs a year old”, one in the morning and the other at twilight, as a continual burnt offering.

How we translate it

“Lambs” 61 times, “lamb” 44, “sheep” 2. In the lists of Numbers 28–29 the formula is “for each lamb” (Numbers 28:21). In Exodus 12:5 the word is within the expression “from the sheep”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• lambs ×61
• lamb ×44
• sheep ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×6
• Leviticus×13
• Numbers×68
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Ezra×1
• Job×1
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×7
• Hosea×1

• Exodus 12:5

  Your lamb shall be without defect, a male, a year old; from the sheep or from the goats you shall take it.

• Exodus 29:38

  This is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old each day continually.

• Exodus 29:39

  The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.

• Exodus 29:40

  And a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of beaten oil, and a libation of a quarter of a hin of wine, for the one lamb.

• Exodus 29:41

  The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, with the same grain offering as the morning and with the same libation you shall offer with it, for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to YHWH.

• Leviticus 4:32

  And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.

• Leviticus 9:3

  And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering,

• Leviticus 12:6

  When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest.

• Leviticus 14:10

  On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, and one ewe lamb a year old without defect, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

• Leviticus 14:12

  The priest shall take the one lamb and present it as a guilt offering, with the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before YHWH.

• Leviticus 14:13

  He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where one slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place; for like the sin offering, the guilt offering —it belongs to the priest; it is a most holy thing.

• Leviticus 14:21

  But if he is poor and his means do not reach, he shall take one lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make expiation for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,

• Leviticus 14:24

  The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before YHWH.

• Leviticus 14:25

  He shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being purified, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

• Leviticus 23:12

  And on the day you wave the sheaf you shall offer a lamb without defect, a year old, as a burnt offering to YHWH,

• Leviticus 23:18

  And with the bread you shall present seven lambs without defect, a year old, and one young bull and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to YHWH, with their grain offering and their libations, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

• Leviticus 23:19

  And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace.

• Leviticus 23:20

  And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering before YHWH, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to YHWH for the priest.

• Numbers 6:12

  And he shall separate to YHWH the days of his consecration and bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering; but the former days shall fall away, because his consecration was made unclean.

• Numbers 6:14

  and he shall present his offering to YHWH: one male lamb a year old, without defect, as a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old, without defect, as a sin offering, and one ram without defect as a peace offering,

• Numbers 7:15

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:17

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

• Numbers 7:21

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:23

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

• Numbers 7:27

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:29

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

• Numbers 7:33

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:35

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

• Numbers 7:39

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:41

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

• Numbers 7:45

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:47

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.

• Numbers 7:51

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:53

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.

• Numbers 7:57

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:59

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

• Numbers 7:63

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:65

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.

• Numbers 7:69

  one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

• Numbers 7:71

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

And 67 more times.