Strong's #7462: ra`ah (pronounced raw-aw')
a primitive root; 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):--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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
râ‛âh
1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tend, pasture
1a1a) to shepherd
1a1b) of ruler, teacher (figuratively)
1a1c) of people as flock (figuratively)
1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (substantive)
1a2) to feed, graze
1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal)
1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (figuratively)
1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess
2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)
2a) (Qal) to associate with
2b) (Hithpael) to be companions
3) (Piel) to be a special friend
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2185, 2186
Usage:
This word is used 171 times:
Psalms 49:14: "they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty"
Psalms 78:71: "From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel"
Psalms 78:72: " So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands."
Psalms 80:1: "A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;"
Psalms 80:13: "out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour"
Proverbs 10:21: "The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom."
Proverbs 13:20: "with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
Proverbs 15:14: "knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness."
Proverbs 22:24: "Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man"
Proverbs 28:7: "the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father."
Proverbs 29:3: "wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance."
Ecclesiastes 12:11: "by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd."
Song of Solomon 1:7: "me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thyflock to rest at noon:"
Song of Solomon 1:8: "go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds'"
Song of Solomon 1:8: "thy kids beside the shepherds' tents."
Song of Solomon 2:16: "My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies."
Song of Solomon 4:5: "young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies."
Song of Solomon 6:2: "into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies."
Song of Solomon 6:3: "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies."
Isaiah 5:17: "Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat."
Isaiah 11:7: "And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat"
Isaiah 13:20: "shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there."
Isaiah 14:30: "And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root"
Isaiah 27:10: "like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches"
Isaiah 30:23: "in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures."
Isaiah 31:4: "his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid"
Isaiah 40:11: " He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom,"
Isaiah 40:11: "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom,"
Isaiah 44:20: " He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver"
Isaiah 44:28: "That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem,"
Isaiah 49:9: "to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all"
Isaiah 56:11: "which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand:"
Isaiah 61:5: "And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers."
Isaiah 63:11: "is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put"
Isaiah 65:25: "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock:"
Jeremiah 2:8: "the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal,"
Jeremiah 2:16: "the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head."
Jeremiah 3:15: "And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding."
Jeremiah 3:15: "And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding."
Jeremiah 6:3: " The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about;"
Jeremiah 6:3: "their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place."
Jeremiah 10:21: "For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore"
Jeremiah 12:10: "Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made"
Jeremiah 17:16: "As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired"
Jeremiah 22:22: "The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely"
Jeremiah 22:22: "The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely"
Jeremiah 23:1: "Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith"
Jeremiah 23:2: "God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye"
Jeremiah 23:2: "of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered"
Jeremiah 23:4: "And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor"
