Word Study · Strong's H4829 · Hebrew
מִרְעֶה
mireh
meer-eh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mirʻeh
“pasture (the place or the act)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals
Rendered in the KJV as
feeding place, pasture.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- וּמִרְעֶ֥ה2
- מִרְעֶ֖ה2
- בְּמִרְעֶה־1
- הַמִּרְעֶ֤ה1
- מִרְעֵ֥ה1
- מִרְעֶ֗ה1
- מִרְעֶה֙1
- מִרְעֶ֥ה1
- מִרְעֶ֔ה1
- מִרְעֵ֑הוּ1
- מִרְעֵיכֶ֔ם1
How it is rendered · 9
- pasture5
- [is] pasture1
- [is] the pasture1
- a pasture of1
- and [is] pasture1
- and pasture1
- in pasture1
- pasture its1
- pasture your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 4:39מִרְעֶ֖הmirehnoun · masculine singularand they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.here: pasture
- 1 Chronicles 4:40מִרְעֶה֙mirehnoun · masculine singularThere they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.here: pasture
- 1 Chronicles 4:41מִרְעֶ֥הmirehnoun · masculine singularThese who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.here: pasture
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 34:14בְּמִרְעֶה־bemireh-preposition + noun · masculine singularI 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.here: in pasture
- Ezekiel 34:14וּמִרְעֶ֥הumirehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularI 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.here: and pasture
- Ezekiel 34:18הַמִּרְעֶ֤הhamirehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIs 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?here: [is] the pasture
- Ezekiel 34:18מִרְעֵיכֶ֔םmireikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralIs 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?here: pasture your