bet-e.qed ha.ro.im H7462

בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים (bet-e.qed ha.ro.im) means “House of Shepherds” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים Hebrew · H7462 175 tagged occurrences in 146 verses

Pronunciation guide: raw-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7462A

בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים · bet-e.qed ha.ro.im · House of Shepherds

Ra'ah = "pasturing" perh. "binding-house of the shepherds"

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TBESH · H7462B

רָעָה · ra.ah · to pasture

1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tend, pasture 1a1a) to shepherd 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) 1a2) to feed, graze 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess Also means: ro.i (רֹעִי "to shepherd" H7473)

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TBESH · H7462C

רָעָה · ra.ah · to accompany

1) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) 1a) (Qal) to associate with 1b) (Hithpael) to be companions

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TBESH · H7462D

רָעָה · ra.ah · to befriend

(Piel) to be a special friend

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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)

KJV glosses: [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.

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How translators render H7462

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
shepherd	11
the shepherds	9
shepherds	8
a shepherd	7
of the shepherds	5
feed	4
the shepherd	4
are shepherds	3
will graze	3
you shepherds	3
and began to graze	2
as a shepherd	2
but a companion	2
feeds on	2
for shepherds	2
grazing	2
he pastures his flock	2
my shepherd	2
shepherd them	2
shepherding	2
tending	2
they will feed	2
to pasture	2
to shepherd	2
to the shepherds	2
will feed	2
will shepherd	2
your shepherds	2
a keeper	1
and because my shepherds	1
and cultivate	1
and feed	1
and graze	1
and he will feed	1
and he will graze	1
and i pastured	1
and my herdsmen	1
and shepherd his flock	1
and the herdsmen	1
and the leaders	1
and they will rule	1
and when some shepherds	1
are pasturing their flocks	1
as he was pasturing	1
but fed	1
but the companion	1
but the herdsmen	1
do you pasture your sheep	1
eat	1
even their own shepherds	1
feed on	1
feed them	1
feed upon it	1
from being your shepherd	1
from tending	1
graze	1
had accompanied	1
has been tending	1
have shaved	1
he feeds on	1
he tends	1
herding	1
herdsmen	1
i will feed	1
i will feed them	1
i will shepherd them	1
is my shepherd	1
let them graze	1
like a shepherd	1
like a shepherds	1
make friends	1
may graze	1
o shepherd	1
of a shepherd	1
of his shepherds	1
of shepherds	1
only feed	1
pasture	1
pasturing	1
shepherd you	1
so david shepherded them	1
so i pastured	1
the herdsmen	1
their shepherds	1
them	1
they pasture	1
they prey	1
they will find pasture	1
to be shepherd	1
to pasture his flock	1
to tend	1
was a shepherdess	1
was shepherding	1
were grazing	1
when your shepherds	1
who has been my shepherd	1
who tend	1
who will feed	1
who will tend them	1
will be their shepherd	1
will drive away	1
will feed together	1
will find pasture	1
will tend	1
you to feed on	1
your herdsmen	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
feed	13
shepherds	6
and feed	5
to feed	5
of the shepherds	4
shall feed	4
shepherd	4
against the shepherds	3
i will feed	3
no shepherd	3
and the herdmen	2
and the shepherds	2
and they fed	2
as a shepherd	2
fed	2
feedeth	2
he shall feed	2
kept	2
my shepherd	2
of shepherds	2
that shepherd	2
the shepherd	2
they shall feed	2
a pastor	1
a shepherd	1
against my shepherd	1
against the pastors	1
all thy pastors	1
and behold he keepeth	1
and he shall feed	1
and i fed	1
and i will feed	1
and their own shepherds	1
and they shall waste	1
and thy herdmen	1
as he fed	1
as the shepherd	1
at the shearing	1
be unto the pastors	1
beside the shepherds	1
between the herdmen	1
but a companion	1
but he that is a companion	1
but he that keepeth company	1
but the shepherds	1
doth devour	1
feeding	1
for every shepherd	1
for she kept them	1
for shepherds	1
for the pastors	1
for they shall feed	1
from feeding	1
have broken	1
he evil entreateth	1
he feedeth	1
herdmen	1
him as a shepherd	1
him to feed	1
his he feedeth	1
i i will not feed	1
i pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen	1
let them feed	1
let them not feed	1
like a shepherd	1
make no friendship	1
me not the pastors	1
mine he feedeth	1
neither did my shepherds	1
neither shall the shepherds	1
now thy shepherds	1
o shepherd	1
of the herdmen	1
over them and he shall feed	1
over them which shall feed	1
pastors	1
shall eat up	1
shall not feed	1
shall they feed	1
shall wander	1
so he fed	1
that do feed	1
that fed	1
that feed	1
that have no shepherd	1
that have not a shepherd	1
the shepherds	1
their shepherds	1
them and he shall be their shepherd	1
them in a shepherds	1
themselves and fed	1
themselves should not the shepherds	1
there neither shall the shepherds	1
therefore o ye shepherds	1
therefore ye shepherds	1
they eat	1
they feed	1
thou shalt be fed	1
thy shepherds	1
to the shepherds	1
to thee thou shalt feed	1
unto the shepherds	1
unto thee thou shalt feed	1
unto you to have eaten up	1
was a keeper	1
was feeding	1
we were with them keeping	1
where thou feedest	1
which fed	1
which feed	1
which have no shepherd	1
which shall feed	1
whom he had used as his friend	1
will feed	1
with the shepherd	1
with thee the shepherd	1
ye feed	1
ye shepherds	1
you pastors	1
yourselves they shall feed	1

Verses containing H7462

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Jeremiah 50:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My 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.
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Jeremiah 50:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I 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.
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Jeremiah 50:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, 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?”
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Jeremiah 51:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With 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.
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Ezekiel 34:2 · BSB · 6 occurrences
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
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Ezekiel 34:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
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Ezekiel 34:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
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Ezekiel 34:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
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Ezekiel 34:8 · BSB · 5 occurrences
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
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Ezekiel 34:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’
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Ezekiel 34:10 · BSB · 4 occurrences
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
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Ezekiel 34:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
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Ezekiel 34:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
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Ezekiel 34:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
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Ezekiel 34:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
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Ezekiel 34:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
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Ezekiel 34:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’
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Ezekiel 34:23 · BSB · 4 occurrences
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
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Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
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Hosea 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
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Hosea 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
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Hosea 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ephraim 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.
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Source alternate reference: 12.2
Amos 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
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Amos 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This 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.
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Jonah 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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.
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Micah 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He 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.
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Source alternate reference: 5.3
Micah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Source alternate reference: 5.4
Micah 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Source alternate reference: 5.5
Micah 7:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Shepherd 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.
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Nahum 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
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Zephaniah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
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Zephaniah 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.
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Zephaniah 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.”
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Zechariah 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For 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.
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Zechariah 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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Zechariah 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen 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.
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Zechariah 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
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Zechariah 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
whose 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.
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Zechariah 11:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So 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.
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Zechariah 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
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Zechariah 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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.”
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Zechariah 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
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Zechariah 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For 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.
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Zechariah 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe 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!”
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Zechariah 13:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Awake, 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.
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