Strong's Hebrew · H7462
רָעָה
râʻâh · raw-aw'
Definitionto tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Occurrences171 in the KJV · 142 verses
רָעָה in Scripture
Genesis 4:2
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 13:7
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram' s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot' s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis 26:20
And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac' s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Genesis 29:7
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them .
Genesis 29:9
And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father' s sheep: for she kept them.
Genesis 30:31
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
Genesis 30:36
And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban' s flocks.
Genesis 36:24
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father' s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 37:12
And his brethren went to feed their father' s flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I .
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