H7462 רָעָה

רָעָה (râʻâh), Strong’s H7462: 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) KJV: [idiom]…

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râʻâh — 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)

KJV: [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use…

Occurs 163 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים perh. n.pr.loc. (binding-house of the shepherds) 2 K 10:12
- רָעָה vb. denom
- [רָעָה] vb. denom. Pi. be a special friend;—Ju 14:20
- רָעָה vb
- [רָעָה] vb. prob. associate with
- Qal cherish faithfulness
- Hithp. do not make companionship with a bad-tempered man
- רָעָה vb
- רָעָה 167 vb. pasture, tend, graze
- Qal
- 1 trans.
- 2 intrans.
- Niph. poss.
- Hiph. v.

Where it occurs
- Genesis 4:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=2) — Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 29:7 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=7) — He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go…
- Genesis 29:9 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=9) — While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.
- Genesis 30:31 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=31) — Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I…
- Genesis 30:36 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=36) — He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- Genesis 36:24 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/36?v=24) — These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed…
- Genesis 37:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=2) — This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his…
- Genesis 37:12 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=12) — His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
- Genesis 37:13 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=13) — Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said…
- Genesis 37:16 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=16) — He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”