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Word Study · Strong's H7462 · Hebrew

רָעָה

raah

raw-aw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: râʻâh

to tend a flock

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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)

Rendered in the KJV 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.

  • 177
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 127
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 177 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 127

  • הָרֹעִ֖ים5
  • רֹעִ֔ים5
  • רֹעֵ֣י4
  • רֹעִ֖ים4
  • הָֽרֹעִ֔ים3
  • יִרְעֶ֥ה3
  • יִרְע֔וּ3
  • יִרְע֥וּ3
  • לִרְע֛וֹת3
  • רֹעֶ֑ה3
  • רֹעֶ֣ה3
  • רֹעֶ֔ה3

and 115 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 95

  • the shepherds18
  • shepherds9
  • a shepherd8
  • they will graze7
  • the shepherd5
  • [the] herdsmen of4
  • shepherd4
  • shepherding4
  • to shepherd4
  • [is] a shepherd3
  • [the] shepherds of3
  • and [one who] associates with3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 51

  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural23
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular22
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural16
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular8
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)8
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)7
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural7
  • Hc/Vqq3cp5
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular5
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Vqrmpa · 23
  • HVqrmsa · 22
  • HVqrmpa · 16
  • HTd/Vqrmsa · 8
  • HVqrmpc · 8
  • HR/Vqcc · 7
  • HVqi3mp · 7
  • Hc/Vqq3cp · 5
  • HR/Vqrmsa · 5
  • HVqi3ms · 5
  • HVqrmsc/Sp1bs · 5
  • HC/Vqrmsa · 4

All 177, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis23 occurrences
Exodus4 occurrences
Numbers2 occurrences
Judges1 occurrence
1 Samuel7 occurrences
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Job3 occurrences
Psalms8 occurrences
Proverbs6 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Song of Solomon7 occurrences
Isaiah17 occurrences
Jeremiah27 occurrences
Ezekiel32 occurrences
Hosea3 occurrences
Amos2 occurrences
Jonah1 occurrence
Micah5 occurrences
Nahum1 occurrence
Zephaniah3 occurrences
Zechariah14 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).