Bible Dictionary
Fold
An enclosure where sheep or other flocks rested together. Sheepfolds appear in descriptions of pastoral life and are also used as images of places occupied by flocks after human settlements are desolated.
Definition
A fold was an enclosure where sheep or other flocks rested together. It could also describe a place occupied by flocks after cities or settled regions had been desolated.
Biblical Usage
Sheepfolds appear in descriptions of pastoral life. Prophecies concerning Ammon, Aroer, and Judea speak of places becoming folds or resting places for flocks.
Historical Background
The expression “among the pots” is understood in a later rendering as “among the sheepfolds.”
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num. 32:16, 24, 36; 2 Sam. 7:8; Zeph. 2:6; John 10:1, etc. It was prophesied of the cities of Ammon (Ezek. 25:5), Aroer (Isa. 17:2), and Judaea, that they would be folds or couching-places for flocks. “Among the pots,” of the Authorized Version (Ps. 68:13), is rightly in the Revised Version, “among the sheepfolds.”