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Lexicon :: Strong's H4829 - mirʿê

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מִרְעֶה
Transliteration
mirʿê
Pronunciation
meer-eh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רָעָה (H7462) in the sense of feeding
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2185b

Strong’s Definitions

מִרְעֶה mirʻeh, meer-eh'; from H7462 in the sense of feeding; pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals:—feeding place, pasture.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4829 in the following manner: pasture (12x), feedingplace (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4829 in the following manner: pasture (12x), feedingplace (1x).

  1. pasture, pasturage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִרְעֶה mirʻeh, meer-eh'; from H7462 in the sense of feeding; pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals:—feeding place, pasture.
STRONGS H4829: Abbreviations
† מִרְעֶה noun masculineEzekiel 34:14 pasturage, pasture; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 47:4 +; construct מִרְעֵה Isaiah 34:14; suffix מִרְעֵהוּ Job 39:8, מִעֵיכֶם Ezekiel 34:8; — pasturage, לַצּאֹן Genesis 47:4 (J), compare 1 Chronicles 4:39, 41, also Isaiah 32:14; שָׂמֵן וָטוֺב מ׳ Isaiah 32:40, compare (figurative) Ezekiel 34:14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 34:18a; of cattle Joel 1:18, stag Lamentations 1:6; = pasture, of wild ass Job 39:8; of כְּפִירִים Nahum 2:12 (but read מְעָרָה cave, for מרעה, We Now, || מָעוֺן); יֶתֶר מִרְעֵיכֶם Ezekiel 34:18b (figurative).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:4; 47:4

1 Chronicles

4:39; 4:41

Job

39:8; 39:8

Isaiah

32:14; 34:14

Lamentations

1:6

Ezekiel

34:8; 34:14; 34:14; 34:18; 34:18

Joel

1:18

Nahum

2:12

H4829

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4829 matches the Hebrew מִרְעֶה (mirʿê),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - and they traveled to the region of Gerar,[fn] in the east part of the valley, seeking pastureland for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - They found lush pastures there, and the land was quiet and peaceful.
Some of Ham’s descendants had been living in that region.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - But during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these leaders of Simeon invaded the region and completely destroyed[fn] 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8 - The mountains are its pastureland,
where it searches for every blade of grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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[fn] and watchtowers

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - All the majesty of beautiful Jerusalem[fn]
has been stripped away.
Her princes are like starving deer
searching for pasture.
They are too weak to run
from the pursuing enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in the lush pastures of the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - Isn’t it enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Isn’t it enough for you to drink clear water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How the animals moan with hunger!
The herds of cattle wander about confused,
because they have no pasture.
The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where now is that great Nineveh,
that den filled with young lions?
It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs—
walked freely and without fear.
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