Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H7462: רָעָה (râʻâh) Definition

Strong's number
H7462
Lemma
רָעָה
Transliteration
râʻâh
Pronunciation
raw-aw'
Strong's definition
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) [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. a primitive root;

142 instances of the word רָעָה râʻâh (H7462)


  • Genesis 26:20 - did strive And the herdmen of Gerar And the herdmen with Isaac's saying The water is ours and he called the name of the well Esek because they strove

  • Genesis 29:7 - And he said Lo day it is yet high neither is it time should be gathered together that the cattle water ye the sheep and feed

  • Genesis 29:9 - And while he yet spake with them Rachel came sheep with her father's for she kept them

  • Genesis 30:31 - And he said Thou shalt not give And he said And Jacob Thou shalt not give me any thing if thou wilt do this thing for me I will again feed thy flock and keep

  • Genesis 30:36 - And he set journey three days and Jacob and Jacob fed flocks of Laban's the rest

  • Genesis 36:24 - And these are the children of Zibeon both Ajah and Anah and 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 and with the sons being seventeen years was feeding with his brethren the flock and the lad and with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah wives his father's brought Joseph report their evil his father's

  • Genesis 37:12 - And his brethren to feed flock their father's in Shechem

  • Genesis 37:13 - said And Israel unto Joseph Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem and I will send thee said

  • Genesis 37:16 - And he said my brethren I seek tell me I pray thee where they feed

  • Genesis 41:2 - out of the river And behold there came up seven kine well favoured and fatfleshed and they fed in a meadow

  • Genesis 41:18 - out of the river And behold there came up seven kine fatfleshed and well favoured and they fed in a meadow

  • Genesis 46:32 - And the men are shepherds their flocks And the men for their trade hath been to feed cattle their flocks and their herds and they have brought

  • Genesis 46:34 - That ye shall say trade hath been about cattle Thy servants from our youth even until now both we and also our fathers that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen is an abomination unto the Egyptians for every shepherd

  • Genesis 47:3 - And they said And Pharaoh unto his brethren What is your occupation And they said And Pharaoh are shepherds Thy servants both we and also our fathers

  • Genesis 48:15 - And he blessed Joseph and said God did walk whom my fathers before Abraham and Isaac God which fed me all my life long unto this day

  • Genesis 49:24 - abode in strength But his bow were made strong and the arms by the hands by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob from thence is the shepherd the stone of Israel

  • Hosea 4:16 - heifer as a backsliding as a backsliding For Israel will feed now the LORD them as a lamb in a large place

  • Hosea 9:2 - The floor and the winepress shall not feed them and the new wine shall fail

  • Hosea 12:1 - Ephraim feedeth on wind and followeth after the east wind he daily lies and desolation increaseth a covenant with the Assyrians and they do make and oil into Egypt is carried