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That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Read in context →And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Read in context →6 occurrences in 5 verses.
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râʻâh · raw-aw'
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 46:34Strong's last: Zechariah 13:7
Open full H7462 profile →poimḗn · poy-mane'
a shepherd (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--shepherd, pastor.
Strong's first: Matthew 9:36Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:25
Open full G4166 profile →archipoímēn · ar-khee-poy'-mane
a head shepherd
Strong's KJV usage: :--chief shepherd.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:4Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:4
Open full G750 profile →rôʻîy · ro-ee'
pastoral; as noun, a shepherd
Strong's KJV usage: shipherd.
Strong's first: Zechariah 11:17Strong's last: Zechariah 11:17
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And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
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SHEP'HERD, noun
1. A man employed in tending, feeding and gaurding sheep in the pasture.
2. A swain; a rural lover.
3. The pastor of a parish, church or congregation; a minister of the gospel who superintends a church or parish, and gived instruction in spiritual things. God and Christ are in Scripture dinominated Shepherds, as they lead, protect and govern their people, and provide for their wilfare.
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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