H4829 מִרְעֶה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 13 KJV occurrences
מִרְעֶה
mirʻeh · meer-eh'
Definition
pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals
KJV Renderings
feeding place, pasture.
Derivation / Etymology
from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of feeding;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 13)
- Genesis 47:4They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
- 1 Chronicles 4:39¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 4:41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- Job 39:8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
- Lamentations 1:6And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
- Ezekiel 34:14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 34:18Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
- Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.