Mirʻîyth — H4830

Definition

feminine noun

pasturage; concretely, a flock

1. pasturing, pasturage, shepherding
1. pasturing, shepherding
2. pasturage
3. flock (meton)

Usually translated as

pasture, flock

Origin

from H7462 in the sense of feeding

• Derived from Râʻâh (H7462)

Greek equivalents

• poímnion (G4168)

Occurrences

Mirʻîyth occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (4), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1)

• Psalms 74:1 — O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture (מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ)?
• Psalms 79:13 — So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture (מַרְעִיתֶךָ֮) will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
• Psalms 95:7 — For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture (מַ֭רְעִיתוֹ), and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
• Psalms 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture (מַרְעִיתֽוֹ).
• Isaiah 49:9 — That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures (מַרְעִיתָֽם) shall be in all high places.
• Jeremiah 10:21 — For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks (מַרְעִיתָ֖ם) shall be scattered.
• Jeremiah 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture (מַרְעִיתִ֖י)! saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 25:36 — A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture (מַרְעִיתָֽם).
• Ezekiel 34:31 — And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture (מַרְעִיתִ֖י), are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
• Hosea 13:6 — According to their pasture (כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙), so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.