בֵּית־עֵקֶד הָרֹעִים (rāʿâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning shepherd. It appears
164 times
in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7462).
Also rendered
raah
tend
feed
House of Shepherds
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2185)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2185)pasture, tend, graze; rule, associate, pastoral, shepherd; companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep, keeper, pastor, shearing house, wander, waste…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רָעָהverb: pasture, tend, graze
Qal
1.transitive
Niphalposs.
Hiphilv.
Strong's H7462רָעָה: 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) KJV:× 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 H7473רֹעִי: pastoral; as noun, a shepherd KJV:shipherd.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.