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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. Jeremiah 23:2הָרֹעִ֣ים · who tend
    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.
  2. Jeremiah 23:4רֹעִ֖ים · shepherds; וְרָע֑וּם · who will tend them
    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.
  3. Jeremiah 25:34הָרֹעִ֜ים · you shepherds
    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.
  4. Jeremiah 25:35הָֽרֹעִ֑ים · the shepherds
    Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
  5. Jeremiah 25:36הָֽרֹעִ֔ים · of the shepherds
    Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
  6. Jeremiah 31:10כְּרֹעֶ֥ה · as a shepherd
    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.
  7. Jeremiah 33:12רֹעִ֔ים · for shepherds
    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.
  8. Jeremiah 43:12הָֽרֹעֶה֙ · a shepherd
    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.
  9. Jeremiah 49:19רֹעֶ֔ה · 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?”
  10. Jeremiah 50:6רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם · their shepherds
    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.
  11. Jeremiah 50:19וְרָעָ֥ה · and he will graze
    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.
  12. Jeremiah 50:44רֹעֶ֔ה · 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 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?”
  13. Jeremiah 51:23רֹעֶ֣ה · the 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.
  14. Ezekiel 34:2רוֹעֵ֣י · the shepherds; לָרֹעִ֜ים · [them]; רֹעֵֽי־ · to the shepherds; רֹעִ֣ים · only feed; יִרְע֖וּ · feed; הָרֹעִֽים׃ · the shepherds
    “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?
  15. Ezekiel 34:3תִרְעֽוּ׃ · feed
    You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
  16. Ezekiel 34:5רֹעֶ֑ה · a shepherd
    They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
  17. Ezekiel 34:7רֹעִ֔ים · you shepherds
    Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:
  18. Ezekiel 34:8רֹעֶ֔ה · a shepherd; רֹעַ֖י · and because My shepherds; וַיִּרְע֤וּ · but fed; הָֽרֹעִים֙; רָעֽוּ׃ס
    ‘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,
  19. Ezekiel 34:9הָֽרֹעִ֔ים · you shepherds
    …therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’
  20. Ezekiel 34:10הָרֹעִ֜ים · the shepherds; מֵרְע֣וֹת · from tending; יִרְע֥וּ · feed; הָרֹעִ֖ים
    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.’
  21. Ezekiel 34:12רֹעֶ֨ה · As a shepherd
    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.
  22. Ezekiel 34:13וּרְעִיתִים֙ · I will feed them
    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.
  23. Ezekiel 34:14אֶרְעֶ֣ה · I will feed; תִּרְעֶ֖ינָה · they will feed
    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.
  24. Ezekiel 34:15אֶרְעֶ֤ה · will tend
    I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
  25. Ezekiel 34:16אֶרְעֶ֥נָּה · I will shepherd them
    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.’
  26. Ezekiel 34:18תִּרְע֔וּ · you to feed on
    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?
  27. Ezekiel 34:19תִּרְעֶ֔ינָה · feed on
    Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’
  28. Ezekiel 34:23רֹעֶ֤ה · shepherd; וְרָעָ֣ה · and he will feed; יִרְעֶ֣ה · will feed; לְרֹעֶֽה׃ · shepherd
    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
  29. Ezekiel 37:24וְרוֹעֶ֥ה · 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.
  30. Hosea 4:16יִרְעֵ֣ם · shepherd them
    For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
  31. Hosea 9:2יִרְעֵ֑ם · feed them
    The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
  32. Hosea 12:1רֹעֶ֥ה · feeds on
    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.
  33. Amos 1:2הָרֹעִ֔ים · of the shepherds
    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.”