H7462: רָעָה
râʻâh · pronounced raw-aw' · “House of Shepherds”
Definition
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV translates it as: [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
perh. "binding-house of the shepherds"
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7462 is translated
- shepherds ×32
- a shepherd ×14
- shepherd ×13
- they will graze ×9
- my ×7
- them ×7
- shepherding ×5
- the herdsmen of ×4
- he will shepherd ×4
- they will shepherd ×4
- your ×3
- pasturing ×3
Bible verses with H7462 (râʻâh)
Râʻâh appears in 148 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 46:32
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
- Genesis 46:34
That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
- 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.
All 148 references
- Numbers 27:17
- Judges 14:20
- 1 Samuel 16:11
- 1 Samuel 17:15
- 1 Samuel 17:34
- 1 Samuel 17:40
- 1 Samuel 21:7
- 1 Samuel 25:7
- 1 Samuel 25:16
- 2 Samuel 5:2
- 2 Samuel 7:7
- 2 Samuel 24:17
- 1 Kings 22:17
- 2 Kings 10:12
- 1 Chronicles 11:2
- 1 Chronicles 17:6
- 1 Chronicles 21:17
- 1 Chronicles 27:29
- 2 Chronicles 18:16
- Job 1:14
- Job 24:2
- Job 24:21
- Psalms 23:1
- Psalms 28:9
- Psalms 37:3
- Psalms 49:14
- Psalms 78:71
- Psalms 78:72
- Psalms 80:1
- Psalms 80:13
- Proverbs 10:21
- Proverbs 13:20
- Proverbs 15:14
- Proverbs 22:24
- Proverbs 28:7
- Proverbs 29:3
- Ecclesiastes 12:11
- Song of Solomon 1:7
- Song of Solomon 1:8
- Song of Solomon 2:16
- Song of Solomon 4:5
- Song of Solomon 6:2
- Song of Solomon 6:3
- Isaiah 5:17
- Isaiah 11:7
- Isaiah 13:20
- Isaiah 14:30
- Isaiah 27:10
- Isaiah 30:23
- Isaiah 31:4
- Isaiah 38:12
- Isaiah 40:11
- Isaiah 44:20
- Isaiah 44:28
- Isaiah 49:9
- Isaiah 56:11
- Isaiah 61:5
- Isaiah 63:11
- Isaiah 65:25
- Jeremiah 2:8
- Jeremiah 2:16
- Jeremiah 3:15
- Jeremiah 6:3
- Jeremiah 10:21
- Jeremiah 12:10
- Jeremiah 17:16
- Jeremiah 22:22
- Jeremiah 23:1
- Jeremiah 23:2
- Jeremiah 23:4
- Jeremiah 25:34
- Jeremiah 25:35
- Jeremiah 25:36
- Jeremiah 31:10
- Jeremiah 33:12
- Jeremiah 43:12
- Jeremiah 49:19
- Jeremiah 50:6
- Jeremiah 50:19
- Jeremiah 50:44
- Jeremiah 51:23
- Ezekiel 34:2
- Ezekiel 34:3
- Ezekiel 34:5
- Ezekiel 34:7
- Ezekiel 34:8
- Ezekiel 34:9
- Ezekiel 34:10
- Ezekiel 34:12
- Ezekiel 34:13
- Ezekiel 34:14
- Ezekiel 34:15
- Ezekiel 34:16
- Ezekiel 34:18
- Ezekiel 34:19
- Ezekiel 34:23
- Ezekiel 37:24
- Hosea 4:16
- Hosea 9:2
- Hosea 12:1
- Amos 1:2
- Amos 3:12
- Jonah 3:7
- Micah 5:4
- Micah 5:5
- Micah 5:6
- Micah 7:14
- Nahum 3:18
- Zephaniah 2:6
- Zephaniah 2:7
- Zephaniah 3:13
- Zechariah 10:2
- Zechariah 10:3
- Zechariah 11:3
- Zechariah 11:4
- Zechariah 11:5
- Zechariah 11:7
- Zechariah 11:8
- Zechariah 11:9
- Zechariah 11:15
- Zechariah 11:16
- Zechariah 11:17
- Zechariah 13:7
Words derived from H7462
מֵרֵעַ H4828
mêrêaʻ — companion
מִרְעֶה H4829
mirʻeh — pasture
מִרְעִית H4830
mirʻîyth — pasturing
רֵעַ H7453
rêaʻ — neighbor
רֵעַ H7454
rêaʻ — thought
רֵעֶה H7463
rêʻeh — friend
רְעוּת H7468
rᵉʻûwth — neighbor
רְעוּת H7469
rᵉʻûwth — longing
רְעִי H7471
rᵉʻîy — pasture
רֹעִי H7473
rôʻîy — to shepherd
רַעְיוֹן H7475
raʻyôwn — striving