רָעָה raah

Hebrew word for “to pasture” · Strong’s H7462 · used 175 times in 146 verses

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Meaning

1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed;

Senses in the lexicon

• to pasture (167)
• to accompany (6)
• to befriend (1)
• House of Shepherds (1)

How it is translated

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

• shepherds 45
• shepherd 36
• will shepherd 18
• will graze 13
• herdsmen 6
• shepherding 6
• pasturing 4
• graze 4
• pasture 3
• shepherded 3
• one who associates with 3
• grazed 2

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 34 (15), Zechariah 11 (9), Genesis 37 (4), 1 Samuel 17 (3), Jeremiah 23 (3), Jeremiah 25 (3), Jeremiah 50 (3), Micah 5 (3), Genesis 13 (2), Genesis 29 (2)

Forms

• רעה 30
• הרעים 23
• רעים 16
• רעי 14
• ירעו 9
• ורעה 7
• לרעות 6
• הרעה 6
• ירעה 5
• ורעו 5

Words used with it

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

• צֹאן tson “flock” 48
• רָבַץ ravats “to stretch” 10
• עֵדֶר eder “flock” 9
• פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 8
• נָוֶה naveh “pasture” 7
• הַר har “mountain” 11
• אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 13
• שׁוּשַׁן shushan “lily” 5
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 8
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 7
• אָב av “father” 11

Key verses

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

• Genesis 48:15 — And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
• Psalms 37:3 — Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
• Psalms 80:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest…
• Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Isaiah 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• 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…
• Isaiah 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain,…
• Ezekiel 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ezekiel 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Micah 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto…
• Zechariah 11:8 — Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…

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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.