נֹקֵד
no.qed
“shepherd”
Definition
a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)
active participle from the same as H5348 (נָקֹד);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
נֹקֵד appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
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