רָעָה ra’ah (H7462) literally means “to feed” and related to providing feed or pasture to a flock. In the King James Version (KJV) and other popular bibles, רָעָה ra’ah is translated in more than 10 ways including feed (Genesis 37:12), keeper (cf. Genesis 4:2), shepherd (cf. Genesis 46:32), companion (cf. Proverbs 13:20), pastor (cf. Jeremiah 2:8), herdsman (cf. Genesis 13:7), and devour (cf. Psalms 80:13).
רָעָה ra’ah is equivalent to the Greek word ποιμήν poimēn (G4166) which means a herdsman, especially a shepherd.
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