Jeremiah 2:8
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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Pastors
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Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
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רָעָה
râʻâh · raw-aw'
7 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
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)
Strong's KJV usage: × break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
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Strong's first: Jeremiah 2:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:2
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poimḗn · poy-mane'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a shepherd (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--shepherd, pastor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 4:11Strong's last: Ephesians 4:11
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The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
H7462
For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
H7462
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
H7462
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
H7462
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
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And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
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pastor
P'ASTOR, noun [Latin from pasco, pastum, to feed.]
1. A shepherd; one that has the care of flocks and herds.
2. A minister of the gospel who has the charge of a church and congregation, whose duty is to watch over the people of his charge, and instruct them in the sacred doctrines of the christian religion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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