A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.
"Flock" refers to groups of birds/fowl; "fold" is a covered place to keep sheep ("sheepfold").
Shepherding was very common in Israel, the land from which we get the Bible. So Jesus used the illustration of a shepherd caring for his sheep to teach many things.
A sheep pen is a small enclosure for holding sheep. Another word for a sheep pen is called a fold.
== Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
A sheep pen is called just a "pen." The larger pens or multiple pens together is called a stockyard.
Here's a few: twofold. threefold. -- and don't forget manifold. There is a somewhat archaic word "sheepfold" which is unrelated to the multiplier meaning of -fold.
As all sheep know the sound of the shepherds voice, they come to him when he calls them. We are like sheep and come to Christ who is our shepherd, when He calls us we go to Him, or follow Him so that we might be kept save in the sheepfold.
around 189 times.////////// King James Statistics are at the link(not case sensitive) Sheep (187)Sheepcote (2)Sheepcotes (1)Sheepfold (1)Sheepfolds (3)Sheepmaster (1)Sheep's (1)Sheepshearers (3)Sheepskins (1)204 times
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern --E----LD. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter E and 8th letter L and 9th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are: overbuild sheepfold stepchild
A group of sheep is called a flock. Sheep are social animals that tend to stick together for safety and companionship. Flocks of sheep are often supervised by a shepherd or sheepdog to ensure their well-being and guide them to grazing areas.
In the King James version the word - sheep - appears 187 times the word - sheep's - appears once the word - sheepcote - appears twice the word - sheepcotes - appears once the word - sheepfold - appears once the word - sheepfolds - appears 3 times the word - sheepmaster - appears once the word - sheepshearers - appears 3 times the word - sheepskins - appears once and the word - shepherd - appears 43 times the word - shepherd's - appears twice the word - shepherds - appears 37 times the word - shepherds' - appears once