Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7462

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Original: רעה

Transliteration: raah (râ‛âh)

Phonetic: raw-aw'

BDB Definition:

to pasture, tend, graze, feed
1. (Qal)
  1. to tend, pasture
    1. to shepherd
    2. of ruler, teacher (figuratively)
    3. of people as flock (figuratively)
    4. shepherd, herdsman (substantive)
  2. to feed, graze
    1. of cows, sheep etc (literal)
    2. of idolater, Israel as flock (figuratively)
2. (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess
to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)
1. (Qal) to associate with
2. (Hithpael) to be companions
(Piel) to be a special friend

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2185,2186

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to tend a flock, that is, pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule ; by extension to associate with (as a friend): - X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep [sheep] (-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (169x)

A Pastor (1x)

A Shepherd (1x)

Against My Shepherd (1x)

Against The Pastors (1x)

Against The Shepherds (3x)

All Thy Pastors (1x)

And Feed (5x)

And He Shall Feed (1x)

And I Fed (1x)

And I Will Feed (1x)

And The Herdmen (2x)

And The Shepherds (2x)

And Their Own Shepherds (1x)

And They Fed (2x)

And They Shall Waste (1x)

And Thy Herdmen (1x)

And, Behold, He Keepeth (1x)

As A Shepherd (2x)

As He Fed (1x)

As The Shepherd (1x)

At The Shearing (1x)

Be Unto The Pastors (1x)

Beside The Shepherds’ (1x)

Between The Herdmen (1x)

But A Companion (1x)

But He That Is A Companion (1x)

But He That Keepeth Company (1x)

But The Shepherds (1x)

Doth Devour (1x)

Fed (2x)

Feed (13x)

Feedeth (2x)

Feeding (1x)

For She Kept Them (1x)

For Shepherds (1x)

For The Pastors (1x)

For They Shall Feed (1x)

From Feeding (1x)

Have Broken (1x)

He Evil Entreateth (1x)

He Feedeth (1x)

He Shall Feed (2x)

Herdmen (1x)

Him To Feed (1x)

Him, As A Shepherd (1x)

His: He Feedeth (1x)

I Pray Thee, Between Me And Thee, And Between My Herdmen (1x)

I Will Feed (3x)

I, I Will Not Feed (1x)

Kept (1x)

Let Them Feed (1x)

Let Them Not Feed (1x)

Like A Shepherd (1x)

Make No Friendship (1x)

Me Not: The Pastors (1x)

Mine: He Feedeth (1x)

My Shepherd (2x)

Neither Did My Shepherds (1x)

Neither Shall The Shepherds (1x)

No Shepherd (3x)

Now Thy Shepherds (1x)

O Shepherd (1x)

Of Shepherds (2x)

Of The Herdmen (1x)

Of The Shepherds (4x)

Over Them Which Shall Feed (1x)

Over Them, And He Shall Feed (1x)

Pastors (1x)

Shall Eat Up (1x)

Shall Feed (4x)

Shall Not Feed (1x)

Shall They Feed (1x)

Shall Wander (1x)

Shepherd (4x)

Shepherds (4x)

So He Fed (1x)

That Do Feed (1x)

That Fed (1x)

That Feed (1x)

That Have No Shepherd (1x)

That Have Not A Shepherd (1x)

That Shepherd (2x)

The Shepherd (2x)

The Shepherds (1x)

Their Shepherds (1x)

Them In A Shepherd’s (1x)

Them, And He Shall Be Their Shepherd (1x)

Themselves! Should Not The Shepherds (1x)

Themselves, And Fed (1x)

There; Neither Shall The Shepherds (1x)

Therefore, O Ye Shepherds (1x)

Therefore, Ye Shepherds (1x)

They Eat (1x)

They Feed (1x)

They Shall Feed (2x)

Thou Shalt Be Fed (1x)

Thy Shepherds (1x)

To Feed (5x)

To The Shepherds (1x)

100

To Thee, Thou Shalt Feed (1x)

101

Unto The Shepherds (1x)

102

Unto Thee, Thou Shalt Feed (1x)

103

Unto You To Have Eaten Up (1x)

104

Was A Keeper (1x)

105

Was Feeding (1x)

106

We Were With Them Keeping (1x)

107

Where Thou Feedest (1x)

108

Which Fed (1x)

109

Which Feed (1x)

110

Which Have No Shepherd (1x)

111

Which Shall Feed (1x)

112

Whom He Had Used As His Friend (1x)

113

Will Feed (1x)

114

With The Shepherd (1x)

115

With Thee The Shepherd (1x)

116

Ye Feed (1x)

117

Ye Shepherds (1x)

118

You Pastors (1x)

119

Yourselves. They Shall Feed (1x)

All Occurrences

Genesis 4:2

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.(b)

(c)

Genesis 13:7

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Genesis 13:8

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.(a)

Genesis 26:20

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.(e)

Genesis 29:7

And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.(d)

Genesis 29:9

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

Genesis 30:31

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

Genesis 30:36

And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Genesis 36:24

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

Genesis 37:12

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 37:16

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

Genesis 41:2

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Genesis 41:18

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

Genesis 48:15

And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Genesis 49:24

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Exodus 2:17

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

Exodus 2:19

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Exodus 34:3

And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

Numbers 14:33

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.(e)

Numbers 27:17

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Judges 14:20

But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

1 Samuel 16:11

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.(f)

1 Samuel 17:15

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.

1 Samuel 17:40

And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.(p)

(q)

1 Samuel 21:7

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord ; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

1 Samuel 25:7

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.(c)

1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

2 Samuel 5:2

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

2 Samuel 7:7

In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?(b)

1 Kings 22:17

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

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Hebrew-Aramaic H7462

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7462