מִרְעֶהmirʻeh

pasturage, pasture, = pasture (Ezekiel 34:14; Genesis 47:4; Isaiah 34:14; Job 39:8; Ezekiel 34:8)

Pronunciation: meer-eh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4829

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Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 47:4 We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”
  • 1 Chronicles 4:39 and they traveled to the region of Gerar, in the east part of the valley, seeking pastureland for their flocks.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:40 They found lush pastures there, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful. Some of Ham’s descendants had been living in that region.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:41 But during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these leaders of Simeon invaded the region and completely destroyed the homes of the descendants of Ham and of the Meunites. No trace of them remains today. They killed everyone who lived there and took the land for themselves, because they wanted its good pastureland for their flocks.
  • Job 39:8 The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass.
  • Isaiah 32:14 The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).