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מִרְעֶה H4829

H4829 is the Hebrew word מִרְעֶה, transliterated mirʻeh and said meer-eh'. The King James Version most often renders it pasture.

Word: מִרְעֶהTransliteration: mirʻehSaid: meer-eh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 11 verses

What it means

pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals.

Where it comes from

from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of feeding.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

pasture 7×no pasture 2×rooms because there was pasture 1×pastures 1×because they have no pasture 1×feedingplace 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: feeding place, pasture.

Verses using מִרְעֶה

All 11 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 47:4 · KJV

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

1 Chronicles 4:39 · KJV

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 4:40 · KJV

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

1 Chronicles 4:41 · KJV

And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

Job 39:8 · KJV

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Isaiah 32:14 · KJV

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Lamentations 1:6 · KJV

And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

Ezekiel 34:14 · KJV

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:18 · KJV

Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

Joel 1:18 · KJV

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Nahum 2:11 · KJV

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

Common questions

What does Strong's H4829 mean?

H4829 is the Hebrew word מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh), meaning pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals.

How is H4829 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it pasture (7 times), no pasture (2 times), rooms because there was pasture (1 time), pastures (1 time), because they have no pasture (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4829 appear in the Bible?

מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4829 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of feeding.

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