מִרְעִיתmirʻîyth

Meanings

Same root

• רָעָהrâʻâh · H7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

• Psalms 74:1 O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?
• Psalms 79:13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.
• Psalms 95:7 for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!
• Psalms 100:3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
• Isaiah 49:9 I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’ They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures and on hills that were previously bare.
• Jeremiah 10:21 The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer seek wisdom from the Lord. Therefore, they fail completely, and their flocks are scattered.