מַרְעִית mirit

Hebrew word for “pasturing” · Strong’s H4830 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) pasturing, pasturage, shepherding; 1a) pasturing, shepherding; 1b) pasturage; 1c) flock (meton)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mirit in context, with how often each is used:

• pasture 9
• flock 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 74 (1), Psalms 79 (1), Psalms 95 (1), Psalms 100 (1), Isaiah 49 (1), Jeremiah 10 (1), Jeremiah 23 (1), Jeremiah 25 (1), Ezekiel 34 (1), Hosea 13 (1)

Forms

• מרעיתם 3
• מרעיתך 2
• מרעיתו 2
• מרעיתי 2
• כמרעיתם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mirit more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צֹאן tson “flock” 7
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 4
• אֲנַחְנוּ anachnu “we” 3
• פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 2
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 2
• קוֹל qol “voice” 2
• כֵּן ken “so” 2

Key verses

The verses using mirit that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 74:1 — [Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 79:13 — So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
• Psalms 95:7 — For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
• Psalms 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Isaiah 49:9 — That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all…
• Jeremiah 10:21 — For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
• Jeremiah 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 25:36 — A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
• Ezekiel 34:31 — And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
• Hosea 13:6 — According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.