מַרְעִית
mir.it
“pasturing”
Definition
pasturage; concretely, a flock
from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of feeding;
- pasturing, pasturage, shepherding 1a) pasturing, shepherding 1b) pasturage 1c) flock (meton)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַרְעִית appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’They will feed along the pathways,and find pasture on every barren hill.
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Know that the LORD is God.It is He who made us, and we are His;we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,will thank You forever;from generation to generationwe will declare Your praise.
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