רָעָה

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

Genesis 4:2

• רֹ֣עֵהroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a herder of

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

Genesis 13:7

• רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: herdsmen of
• רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: herdsmen of

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

Genesis 13:8

• רֹעַ֖יroaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: herdsmen my
• רֹעֶ֑יךָroeikhaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: herdsmen your

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Genesis 26:20

• רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: herdsmen of
• רֹעֵ֥יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: herdsmen of

“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

Genesis 29:7

• רְעֽוּ׃reuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pasture

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Genesis 29:9

• רֹעָ֖הroahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: a shepherdess

“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

Genesis 30:31

• אֶרְעֶ֥הʾerehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will tend

Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Genesis 30:36

• רֹעֶ֛הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pasturing

These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)

Genesis 36:24

• בִּרְעֹת֥וֹbirotopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when was pasturing he

This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

Genesis 37:2

• רֹעֶ֤הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shepherding

Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

Genesis 37:12

• לִרְע֛וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pasture

Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

Genesis 37:13

• רֹעִ֣יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: pasturing

“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

Genesis 37:16

• רֹעִֽים׃roimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: pasturing

when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Genesis 41:2

• וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהvatireinahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they grazed

when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Genesis 41:18

• וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהvatireinahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they grazed

The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’

Genesis 46:32

• רֹ֣עֵיroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shepherds of

you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 46:34

• רֹ֥עֵהroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shepherd of

“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”

Genesis 47:3

• רֹעֵ֥הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: herder of

Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Genesis 48:15

• הָרֹעֶ֣הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who shepherded

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Genesis 49:24

• רֹעֶ֖הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shepherd

And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.

Exodus 2:17

• הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

Exodus 2:19

• הָרֹעִ֑יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:1

• רֹעֶ֛הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pasturing

No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

Exodus 34:3

• יִרְע֔וּyiruverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they graze

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

Numbers 14:33

• רֹעִ֤יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Numbers 27:17

• רֹעֶֽה׃roehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

Judges 14:20

• רֵעָ֖הreahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was a special friend

And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

1 Samuel 16:11

• רֹעֶ֖הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shepherding

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:15

• לִרְע֛וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shepherd

David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

1 Samuel 17:34

• רֹעֶ֨הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shepherding

And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:40

• הָרֹעִ֧יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

1 Samuel 21:7

• הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:7

• הָרֹעִ֤יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

1 Samuel 25:16

• רֹעִ֥יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherding

Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

2 Samuel 5:2

• תִרְעֶ֤הtirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will shepherd

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

2 Samuel 7:7

• לִרְע֛וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shepherd

When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

2 Samuel 24:17

• הָֽרֹעֶהharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the shepherd

So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

1 Kings 22:17

• רֹעֶ֑הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

2 Kings 10:12

• הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimproper noun (a name)tagged: Shepherds

Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

1 Chronicles 11:2

• תִרְעֶ֤הtirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will shepherd

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

1 Chronicles 17:6

• לִרְע֥וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shepherd

And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”

1 Chronicles 21:17

• הָֽרֹעֶהharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the shepherd

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

1 Chronicles 27:29

• הָרֹעִ֣יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which grazed

So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

2 Chronicles 18:16

• רֹעֶ֑הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

Job 1:14

• רֹע֥וֹתrootverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: grazing

Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

Job 24:2

• וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃vaiyiruHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have pastured

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

Job 24:21

• רֹעֶ֣הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: feeds on

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalms 23:1

• רֹ֝עִ֗יroiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shepherd my

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

Psalms 28:9

• וּֽרְעֵ֥םureemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and shepherd them

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalms 37:3

• וּרְעֵ֥הureehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and graze

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Psalms 49:14

• יִ֫רְעֵ֥םyiremverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it will shepherd them

from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

Psalms 78:71

• לִ֭רְעוֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shepherd

So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.

Psalms 78:72

• וַ֭יִּרְעֵםvaiyiremHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he shepherded them

Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

Psalms 80:1

• רֹ֘עֵ֤הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O shepherd of

The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

Psalms 80:13

• יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃yirenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it grazes on it

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

Proverbs 10:21

• יִרְע֣וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they feed

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20

• וְרֹעֶ֖הveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and associates with

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Proverbs 15:14

• יִרְעֶ֥הyirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it feeds on

Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 22:24

• תִּ֭תְרַעtitra'verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you associate

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Proverbs 28:7

• וְרֹעֶהveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and associates with

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Proverbs 29:3

• וְרֹעֶ֥הveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and associates with

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

• מֵרֹעֶ֥הmeroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: from a shepherd

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

Song of Solomon 1:7

• תִרְעֶ֔הtirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you graze

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

Song of Solomon 1:8

• וּרְעִי֙ureiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and pasture
• הָרֹעִֽים׃ סharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 2:16

• הָרֹעֶ֖הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who grazing

Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:5

• הָרוֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which graze

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Song of Solomon 6:2

• לִרְעוֹת֙lirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to graze

I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 6:3

• הָרֹעֶ֖הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who grazing

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 5:17

• וְרָע֥וּverauHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will graze

The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 11:7

• תִּרְעֶ֔ינָהtireinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will graze

She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

Isaiah 13:20

• וְרֹעִ֖יםveroimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and shepherds

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

Isaiah 14:30

• וְרָעוּ֙verauHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will graze

For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Isaiah 27:10

• יִרְעֶ֥הyirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will graze

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Isaiah 30:23

• יִרְעֶ֥הyirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will graze

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

Isaiah 31:4

• רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

Isaiah 38:12

• רֹעִ֑יroiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shepherd my

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

Isaiah 40:11

• כְּרֹעֶה֙keroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: like a shepherd
• יִרְעֶ֔הyirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will shepherd

He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Isaiah 44:20

• רֹעֶ֣הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: feeding

who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

Isaiah 44:28

• רֹעִ֔יroiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shepherd my

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

Isaiah 49:9

• יִרְע֔וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will graze

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Isaiah 56:11

• רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

Isaiah 61:5

• וְרָע֖וּverauHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will shepherd

Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

Isaiah 63:11

• רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shepherds of

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 65:25

• יִרְע֣וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will graze

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

Jeremiah 2:8

• וְהָרֹעִ֖יםveharoimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and the shepherds

The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

Jeremiah 2:16

• יִרְע֖וּךְyirukhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: they will graze you

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Jeremiah 3:15

• רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds
• וְרָע֥וּverauHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will shepherd

Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

Jeremiah 6:3

• רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds
• רָע֖וּrauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will graze

For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

Jeremiah 10:21

• הָֽרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 12:10

• רֹעִ֤יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Jeremiah 17:16

• מֵרֹעֶ֣הmeroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: from a shepherd

The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

Jeremiah 22:22

• רֹעַ֙יִךְ֙roayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: shepherds your
• תִּרְעֶה־tireh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will shepherd

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:1

• רֹעִ֗יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:2

• הָרֹעִים֮haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds
• הָרֹעִ֣יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are shepherding

I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:4

• רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds
• וְרָע֑וּםveraumHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3mptagged: and they will shepherd them

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

Jeremiah 25:34

• הָרֹעִ֜יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O shepherds

Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

Jeremiah 25:35

• הָֽרֹעִ֑יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

Jeremiah 25:36

• הָֽרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

Jeremiah 31:10

• כְּרֹעֶ֥הkeroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: like a shepherd

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

Jeremiah 33:12

• רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

Jeremiah 43:12

• הָֽרֹעֶה֙haroehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the shepherd

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 Edom 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?”

Jeremiah 49:19

• רֹעֶ֔הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

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.

Jeremiah 50:6

• רֹעֵיהֶ֣םroeihemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: shepherds their

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.

Jeremiah 50:19

• וְרָעָ֥הveraahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will graze

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?”

Jeremiah 50:44

• רֹעֶ֔הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

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.

Jeremiah 51:23

• רֹעֶ֣הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shepherd

“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?

Ezekiel 34:2

• רוֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shepherds of
• לָרֹעִ֜יםlaroimpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: to the shepherds
• רֹעֵֽי־roei-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shepherds of
• רֹעִ֣יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherding
• יִרְע֖וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: will they shepherd
• הָרֹעִֽים׃haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

Ezekiel 34:3

• תִרְעֽוּ׃tiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you shepherd

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

Ezekiel 34:5

• רֹעֶ֑הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Ezekiel 34:7

• רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O shepherds

‘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,

Ezekiel 34:8

• רֹעֶ֔הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shepherd
• רֹעַ֖יroaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shepherds my
• וַיִּרְע֤וּvaiyiruHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have shepherded
• הָֽרֹעִים֙haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds
• רָעֽוּ׃ סrauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have shepherded

therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’

Ezekiel 34:9

• הָֽרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O shepherds

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.’

Ezekiel 34:10

• הָרֹעִ֜יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds
• מֵרְע֣וֹתmereotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from shepherding
• יִרְע֥וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shepherd
• הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

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.

Ezekiel 34:12

• רֹעֶ֨הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

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.

Ezekiel 34:13

• וּרְעִיתִים֙ureitimHc/Vqq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will shepherd them

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.

Ezekiel 34:14

• אֶרְעֶ֣הʾerehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will shepherd
• תִּרְעֶ֖ינָהtireinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will graze

I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 34:15

• אֶרְעֶ֤הʾerehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will shepherd

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.’

Ezekiel 34:16

• אֶרְעֶ֥נָּהʾerenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I will shepherd it

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?

Ezekiel 34:18

• תִּרְע֔וּtiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you are grazing

Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’

Ezekiel 34:19

• תִּרְעֶ֔ינָהtireinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will graze

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:23

• רֹעֶ֤הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd
• וְרָעָ֣הveraahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will shepherd
• יִרְעֶ֣הyirehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will shepherd
• לְרֹעֶֽה׃leroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: into a shepherd

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.

Ezekiel 37:24

• וְרוֹעֶ֥הveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a shepherd

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

Hosea 4:16

• יִרְעֵ֣םyiremverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he will pasture them

The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

Hosea 9:2

• יִרְעֵ֑םyiremverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it will feed them

Ephraim chases 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.

Hosea 12:1

• רֹעֶ֥הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: feeding

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.”

Amos 1:2

• הָרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

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.

Amos 3:12

• הָרֹעֶ֜הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the shepherd

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.

Jonah 3:7

• יִרְע֔וּyiruverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they graze

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.

Micah 5:4

• וְרָעָה֙veraahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will shepherd

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.

Micah 5:5

• רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

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.

Micah 5:6

• וְרָע֞וּverauHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will shepherd

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.

Micah 7:14

• רְעֵ֧הreehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: shepherd
• יִרְע֥וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them graze

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Nahum 3:18

• רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙roeikhaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: shepherds your

So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

Zephaniah 2:6

• רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: shepherds

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.

Zephaniah 2:7

• יִרְע֑וּןyirunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will graze

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.”

Zephaniah 3:13

• יִרְע֥וּyiruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will graze

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.

Zechariah 10:2

• רֹעֶֽה׃ פroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

“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.

Zechariah 10:3

• הָֽרֹעִים֙haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

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.

Zechariah 11:3

• הָרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

Zechariah 11:4

• רְעֵ֖הreehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: shepherd

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.

Zechariah 11:5

• וְרֹ֣עֵיהֶ֔םveroeihemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and shepherds their

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.

Zechariah 11:7

• וָֽאֶרְעֶה֙vaerehHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I shepherded
• וָאֶרְעֶ֖הvaerehHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I shepherded

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Zechariah 11:8

• הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the shepherds

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.”

Zechariah 11:9

• אֶרְעֶ֖הʾerehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will shepherd

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15

• רֹעֶ֥הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

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.

Zechariah 11:16

• רֹעֶ֜הroehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shepherd

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!”

Zechariah 11:17

• רֹעִ֤יroiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shepherd of my

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.

Zechariah 13:7

• רֹעִי֙roiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shepherd my
• הָֽרֹעֶה֙haroehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the shepherd