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בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים

bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of ShepherdsHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place175 occurrences25 books146 verses

Definition

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)
Traditional renderings: × 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

175 total
  1. Genesis 4:2רֹ֣עֵה · a keeper
    Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
  2. Genesis 13:7רֹעֵ֣י · the herdsmen; רֹעֵ֣י · and the herdsmen
    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.
  3. Genesis 13:8רֹעַ֖י · your herdsmen; רֹעֶ֑יךָ · and my herdsmen
    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 kinsmen.
  4. Genesis 26:20רֹעֵ֣י · But the herdsmen; רֹעֵ֥י · herdsmen
    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.
  5. Genesis 29:7רְעֽוּ׃ · to pasture
    “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.”
  6. Genesis 29:9רֹעָ֖ה · was a shepherdess
    While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
  7. Genesis 30:31אֶרְעֶ֥ה · shepherding
    “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.
  8. Genesis 30:36רֹעֶ֛ה · was shepherding
    Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
  9. Genesis 36:24בִּרְעֹת֥וֹ · as he was 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.)
  10. Genesis 37:2רֹעֶ֤ה · tending
    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.
  11. Genesis 37:12לִרְע֛וֹת · to pasture
    Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
  12. Genesis 37:13רֹעִ֣ים · pasturing
    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.
  13. Genesis 37:16רֹעִֽים׃ · are pasturing their flocks?
    “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
  14. Genesis 41:2וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה · and began to graze
    …when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  15. Genesis 41:18וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה · and began to graze
    …when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  16. Genesis 46:32רֹ֣עֵי · are shepherds
    The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
  17. Genesis 46:34רֹ֥עֵה · shepherds
    …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.”
  18. Genesis 47:3רֹעֵ֥ה · are shepherds
    “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
  19. Genesis 48:15הָרֹעֶ֣ה · who has been my shepherd
    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,
  20. Genesis 49:24רֹעֶ֖ה · the Shepherd
    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,
  21. Exodus 2:17הָרֹעִ֖ים · And when some shepherds
    And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
  22. Exodus 2:19הָרֹעִ֑ים · the shepherds
    “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
  23. Exodus 3:1רֹעֶ֛ה · shepherding
    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.
  24. Exodus 34:3יִרְע֔וּ · may graze
    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.”
  25. Numbers 14:33רֹעִ֤ים · shepherds
    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.
  26. Numbers 27:17רֹעֶֽה׃ · a shepherd
    …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.”
  27. Judges 14:20רֵעָ֖ה · had accompanied
    …and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
  28. 1 Samuel 16:11רֹעֶ֖ה · tending
    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.”
  29. 1 Samuel 17:15לִרְע֛וֹת · to tend
    …but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
  30. 1 Samuel 17:34רֹעֶ֨ה · has been tending
    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,
  31. 1 Samuel 17:40הָרֹעִ֧ים · of his shepherd’s
    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.
  32. 1 Samuel 21:7הָרֹעִ֖ים · shepherd
    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.
  33. 1 Samuel 25:7הָרֹעִ֤ים · When your 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.
  34. 1 Samuel 25:16רֹעִ֥ים · herding
    They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
  35. 2 Samuel 5:2תִרְעֶ֤ה · will shepherd
    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.’”
  36. 2 Samuel 7:7לִרְע֛וֹת · to 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?’
  37. 1 Kings 22:17רֹעֶ֑ה · a 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.’”
  38. 2 Kings 10:12הָרֹעִ֖ים · of the Shepherds
    Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
  39. 1 Chronicles 11:2תִרְעֶ֤ה · will shepherd
    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.’”
  40. 1 Chronicles 17:6לִרְע֥וֹת · to 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?’
  41. 1 Chronicles 27:29הָרֹעִ֣ים · grazing
    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.
  42. 2 Chronicles 18:16רֹעֶ֑ה · a 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.’”
  43. Job 1:14רֹע֥וֹת · were grazing
    …a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
  44. Job 24:2וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ · they pasture
    Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
  45. Job 24:21רֹעֶ֣ה · They prey
    They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
  46. Psalm 23:1רֹ֝עִ֗י · is my shepherd
    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  47. Psalm 28:9וּֽרְעֵ֥ם · shepherd them
    Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.