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:
Jeremiah 23:4: "And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor"
Jeremiah 25:34: "Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days"
Jeremiah 25:35: " And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape."
Jeremiah 25:36: "A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD"
Jeremiah 31:10: "He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock."
Jeremiah 33:12: "and in all the cities thereof, shall be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down."
Jeremiah 43:12: "the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth"
Jeremiah 49:19: "is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand"
Jeremiah 50:6: "hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone"
Jeremiah 50:19: "Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied"
Jeremiah 50:44: "is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand"
Jeremiah 51:23: "I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains"
Ezekiel 34:2: "of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto"
Ezekiel 34:2: "saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that"
Ezekiel 34:2: "GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed"
Ezekiel 34:2: "be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed"
Ezekiel 34:2: "that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?"
Ezekiel 34:2: "do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?"
Ezekiel 34:3: "the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock."
Ezekiel 34:5: "And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts"
Ezekiel 34:7: "Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;"
Ezekiel 34:8: "to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds"
Ezekiel 34:8: "of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search"
Ezekiel 34:8: "neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed"
Ezekiel 34:8: "did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not"
Ezekiel 34:8: "search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;"
Ezekiel 34:9: "Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;"
Ezekiel 34:10: "GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand,"
Ezekiel 34:10: "my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither"
Ezekiel 34:10: "and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more;"
Ezekiel 34:10: "from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver"
Ezekiel 34:12: " As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered;"
Ezekiel 34:13: "and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers,"
Ezekiel 34:14: " I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be:"
Ezekiel 34:14: "fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel."
Ezekiel 34:15: "I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 34:16: "but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment."
Ezekiel 34:18: "Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue"
Ezekiel 34:19: "And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet."
Ezekiel 34:23: "And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David;"
Ezekiel 34:23: "one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed"
Ezekiel 34:23: "them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd."
Ezekiel 34:23: "he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd."
Ezekiel 37:24: "them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes,"
Hosea 4:16: "heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 9:2: "The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail"
Hosea 12:1: "Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth"
Amos 1:2: "and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top"
Amos 3:12: "saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion"
Jonah 3:7: "nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:"
