Ra'ah = "pasturing" perh. "binding-house of the shepherds"
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H7462 — בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים
bet-e.qed ha.ro.im · House of Shepherds · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 4:2 · רֹ֣עֵהLater she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.Genesis 13:7 · רֹעֵ֣י · רֹעֵ֣יAnd there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.Genesis 13:8 · רֹעַ֖י · רֹעֶ֑יךָSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.Genesis 26:20 · רֹעֵ֣י · רֹעֵ֥יBut the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.Genesis 29:7 · רְעֽוּ׃“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”Genesis 29:9 · רֹעָ֖הWhile he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.Genesis 30:31 · אֶרְעֶ֥ה“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.Genesis 30:36 · רֹעֶ֛הThen he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.Genesis 36:24 · בִּרְעֹת֥וֹThese are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)Genesis 37:2 · רֹעֶ֤הThis is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.Genesis 37:12 · לִרְע֛וֹתSome time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.Genesis 37:13 · רֹעִ֣יםIsrael said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.Genesis 37:16 · רֹעִֽים׃“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”Genesis 41:2 · וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהwhen seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.Genesis 41:18 · וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהwhen seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.Genesis 46:32 · רֹ֣עֵיThe men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’Genesis 46:34 · רֹ֥עֵהyou are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”Genesis 47:3 · רֹעֵ֥ה“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”Genesis 48:15 · הָרֹעֶ֣הThen he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,Genesis 49:24 · רֹעֶ֖הYet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,Exodus 2:17 · הָרֹעִ֖יםAnd when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.Exodus 2:19 · הָרֹעִ֑ים“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”Exodus 3:1 · רֹעֶ֛הMeanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.Exodus 34:3 · יִרְע֔וּNo one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”Numbers 14:33 · רֹעִ֤יםYour children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.Numbers 27:17 · רֹעֶֽה׃who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”Judges 14:20 · רֵעָ֖הand his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.1 Samuel 16:11 · רֹעֶ֖הAnd Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”1 Samuel 17:15 · לִרְע֛וֹתbut David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.1 Samuel 17:34 · רֹעֶ֨הDavid replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,1 Samuel 17:40 · הָרֹעִ֧יםAnd David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.1 Samuel 21:7 · הָרֹעִ֖יםNow one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.1 Samuel 25:7 · הָרֹעִ֤יםNow I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.1 Samuel 25:16 · רֹעִ֥יםThey were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.2 Samuel 5:2 · תִרְעֶ֤הEven in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”2 Samuel 7:7 · לִרְע֛וֹתIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’2 Samuel 24:17 · הָֽרֹעֶהWhen David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”1 Kings 22:17 · רֹעֶ֑הSo Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”2 Kings 10:12 · הָרֹעִ֖יםThen Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,1 Chronicles 11:2 · תִרְעֶ֤הEven in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”1 Chronicles 17:6 · לִרְע֥וֹתIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’1 Chronicles 21:17 · הָֽרֹעֶהAnd David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”1 Chronicles 27:29 · הָרֹעִ֣יםShitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.2 Chronicles 18:16 · רֹעֶ֑הSo Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”Job 1:14 · רֹע֥וֹתa messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,Job 24:2 · וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.Job 24:21 · רֹעֶ֣הThey prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.Psalm 23:1 · רֹ֝עִ֗יA Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.Psalm 28:9 · וּֽרְעֵ֥םSave Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.Psalm 37:3 · וּרְעֵ֥הTrust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Psalm 49:14 · יִ֫רְעֵ֥םLike sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.Psalm 78:71 · לִ֭רְעוֹתfrom tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.Psalm 78:72 · וַ֭יִּרְעֵםSo David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.Psalm 80:1 · רֹ֘עֵ֤הFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forthPsalm 80:13 · יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.Proverbs 10:21 · יִרְע֣וּThe lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.Proverbs 13:20 · וְרֹעֶ֖הHe who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.Proverbs 15:14 · יִרְעֶ֥הA discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.Proverbs 22:24 · תִּ֭תְרַעDo not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,Proverbs 28:7 · וְרֹעֶהA discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.Proverbs 29:3 · וְרֹעֶ֥הA man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.Ecclesiastes 12:11 · מֵרֹעֶ֥הThe words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.Song of Solomon 1:7 · תִרְעֶ֔הTell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?Song of Solomon 1:8 · וּרְעִי֙ · הָרֹעִֽים׃ סIf you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.Song of Solomon 2:16 · הָרֹעֶ֖הMy beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.Song of Solomon 4:5 · הָרוֹעִ֖יםYour breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.Song of Solomon 6:2 · לִרְעוֹת֙My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.Song of Solomon 6:3 · הָרֹעֶ֖הI belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.Isaiah 5:17 · וְרָע֥וּLambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.Isaiah 11:7 · תִּרְעֶ֔ינָהThe cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.Isaiah 13:20 · וְרֹעִ֖יםShe will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.Isaiah 14:30 · וְרָעוּ֙Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.Isaiah 27:10 · יִרְעֶ֥הFor the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.Isaiah 30:23 · יִרְעֶ֥הThen He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.Isaiah 31:4 · רֹעִ֔יםFor this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.Isaiah 38:12 · רֹעִ֑יMy dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.Isaiah 40:11 · כְּרֹעֶה֙ · יִרְעֶ֔הHe tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.Isaiah 44:20 · רֹעֶ֣הHe feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”Isaiah 44:28 · רֹעִ֔יwho says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”Isaiah 49:9 · יִרְע֔וּto say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.Isaiah 56:11 · רֹעִ֔יםLike ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:Isaiah 61:5 · וְרָע֖וּStrangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.Isaiah 63:11 · רֹעֵ֣יThen His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,Isaiah 65:25 · יִרְע֣וּThe wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.Jeremiah 2:8 · וְהָרֹעִ֖יםThe priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.Jeremiah 2:16 · יִרְע֖וּךְThe men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.Jeremiah 3:15 · רֹעִ֖ים · וְרָע֥וּThen I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”Jeremiah 6:3 · רֹעִ֖ים · רָע֖וּShepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:Jeremiah 10:21 · הָֽרֹעִ֔יםFor the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.Jeremiah 12:10 · רֹעִ֤יםMany shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.Jeremiah 17:16 · מֵרֹעֶ֣הBut I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.Jeremiah 22:22 · רֹעַ֙יִךְ֙ · תִּרְעֶה־The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.Jeremiah 23:1 · רֹעִ֗ים“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 23:2 · הָרֹעִים֮ · הָרֹעִ֣יםTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.Jeremiah 23:4 · רֹעִ֖ים · וְרָע֑וּםI will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.Jeremiah 25:34 · הָרֹעִ֜יםWail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.Jeremiah 25:35 · הָֽרֹעִ֑יםFlight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.Jeremiah 25:36 · הָֽרֹעִ֔יםHear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.Jeremiah 31:10 · כְּרֹעֶ֥הHear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.Jeremiah 33:12 · רֹעִ֔יםThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.Jeremiah 43:12 · הָֽרֹעֶה֙I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.Jeremiah 49:19 · רֹעֶ֔הBehold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Jeremiah 50:6 · רֹעֵיהֶ֣םMy people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.Jeremiah 50:19 · וְרָעָ֥הI will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.Jeremiah 50:44 · רֹעֶ֔הBehold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Jeremiah 51:23 · רֹעֶ֣הWith you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.Hosea 4:16 · יִרְעֵ֣םFor Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?Hosea 9:2 · יִרְעֵ֑םThe threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.Hosea 12:1 · רֹעֶ֥הEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.Amos 1:2 · הָרֹעִ֔יםHe said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”Amos 3:12 · הָרֹעֶ֜הThis is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.Jonah 3:7 · יִרְע֔וּThen he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.Micah 5:4 · וְרָעָה֙He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.Micah 5:5 · רֹעִ֔יםAnd He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.Micah 5:6 · וְרָע֞וּAnd they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.Micah 7:14 · רְעֵ֧ה · יִרְע֥וּShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.Nahum 3:18 · רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.Zephaniah 2:6 · רֹעִ֖יםSo the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.Zephaniah 2:7 · יִרְע֑וּןThe coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.Zephaniah 3:13 · יִרְע֥וּThe remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”Zechariah 10:2 · רֹעֶֽה׃ פFor idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.Zechariah 10:3 · הָֽרֹעִים֙“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.Zechariah 11:3 · הָרֹעִ֔יםListen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.Zechariah 11:4 · רְעֵ֖הThis is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,Zechariah 11:5 · וְרֹ֣עֵיהֶ֔םwhose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.Zechariah 11:7 · וָֽאֶרְעֶה֙ · וָאֶרְעֶ֖הSo I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.Zechariah 11:8 · הָרֹעִ֖יםAnd in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.Zechariah 11:9 · אֶרְעֶ֖הThen I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”Zechariah 11:15 · רֹעֶ֥הAnd the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.Zechariah 11:16 · רֹעֶ֜הFor behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.Zechariah 11:17 · רֹעִ֤יWoe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”Zechariah 13:7 · רֹעִי֙ · הָֽרֹעֶה֙Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.