רֹעִי (rōʿî) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning pasture. It appears
11 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7473).
Also rendered
to shepherd
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.