Strong's Hebrew Concordance

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

Ra'ah = "pasturing"
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

Words derived from H7462