Bible Encyclopedia: Graze

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Greek

1006. bosko -- to feed
... I feed, pasture. 1006 -- properly, (graze); (figuratively) nourish by feeding
people the Word of God (Jn 21:15,17). While 4166 () focuses ...
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5530. chraomai -- to use, make use of
... Middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from cheir, to handle); to furnish
what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7462a. raah -- to pasture, tend, graze
... 7462, 7462a. raah. 7462b . to pasture, tend, graze. Transliteration:
raah Short Definition: shepherds. Word Origin a prim. root ...
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7462. ra'ah -- to pasture, tend, graze
ra'ah. 7461b, 7462. ra'ah. 7462a . to pasture, tend, graze. Transliteration:
ra'ah Phonetic Spelling: (raw-aw') Short Definition: break. ...
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7716. seh -- one of a flock, a sheep (or goat)
... Or sey {say}; probably from sha'ah through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member
of a flock, ie A sheep or goat -- (lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb ...
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Library

Shepherd Life in the Orient.
... The oriental climate is such that they can graze nearly the whole year through;
and whether they be grazing on the wide open plains, or huddled snugly within ...
/.../callan/the shepherd of my soul/ii shepherd life in the.htm

I an African Free-Town Subject to Rome
... This wooded Numidia, with its flowing brooks, its fields where the cattle graze,
differs in the highest degree from the Numidia towards Setif"a wide ...
/.../bertrand/saint augustin/i an african free-town subject.htm

Spiritual Farming. --No. 1 Draining.
... Many a field now bearing good crops each year, was in "the good old times" moorland
or fen. Sheep and cattle graze where once only wild birds could live. ...
/.../champness/broken bread/i spiritual farming no 1 draining.htm

Chapter xli
... these cows left nothing to be desired: they were "beautiful" and "fat" "the Hebrew
expressively says "fat of flesh." The "reeds" in which they graze are achû ...
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Opinions Concerning Providence.
... Urges to toil and prompts the hope of food. He tells where cattle best may graze,
and where. The soil, deep-furrowed, yellow grain will bear. ...
/.../theophilus to autolycus/chapter viii opinions concerning providence.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... termed religion at Compostella, where, perhaps, God and His will are less known
and respected than at Pekin or amid the wildernesses where graze the coursers ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 28.htm

How Miracles of Healing have Been Frequently Wrought in the Place ...
... the manner of horses, as if resting from his weariness, he rolled from side to side,
and then starting up, perfectly recovered, began to graze hungrily on the ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap ix how miracles of.htm

Psalm 148:3. SM Universal Praise.
... fields around. 9 Ye lions of the wood, And tamer beasts that graze, Ye
live upon his daily food, And he expects your praise. 10 ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 148 3 0 s m universal.htm

Christian Union Symbolized by Natural Objects.
... In fellowship the forests thrive,. And streams from streams their strength derive.
The cattle graze in flocks and herds,. In choirs and concerts sing the birds; ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cliv christian union symbolized.htm

For an Infant School.
... The winds that blow"God sends them all. The beasts that graze with downward eye,.
The birds that perch, and sing, and fly,. The fishes swimming in the sea,. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cccxlii for an infant.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

2. (v. t.) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

3. (v. t.) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

4. (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

5. (v. i.) To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

6. (v. i.) To yield grass for grazing.

7. (v. i.) To touch something lightly in passing.

8. (n.) The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

9. (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.

Thesaurus

Graze (11 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
6. (vi) To yield grass for grazing. ...Graze (11 Occurrences). ...
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Feed (117 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle;
as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. ...
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Pasture (120 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To feed on growing grass; to graze. Int. ... Isaiah 5:17 Then the lambs will
graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich. ...
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Veiled (23 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 1:7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where
you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the ...
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Graying (1 Occurrence)

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Grazed (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Graze. Multi-Version Concordance
Grazed (3 Occurrences). Genesis 41:2 And, behold, there ...
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Walk (315 Occurrences)
... a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way;
road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of ...
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Tracks (6 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 1:8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks
of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents. ...
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Rase (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To rub along the surface of; to graze.
2. (vt) To rub or scratch out; to erase. 3. (vt) To level ...
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Rub (1 Occurrence)
... sandpaper. 2. (vt) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction;
to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground. 3 ...
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Bible Concordance

Graze (11 Occurrences)

Genesis 37:12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
(See NIV)

Exodus 22:5 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
(Root in WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 34:3 No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain."
(See NAS NIV)

Song of Songs 1:7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
(WEB NIV)

Song of Songs 1:8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 5:17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 11:7 The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 27:10 For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.
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Isaiah 30:23 And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.
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Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Graze

Related Terms

Feed (117 Occurrences)

Pasture (120 Occurrences)

Veiled (23 Occurrences)

Graying (1 Occurrence)

Grazed (3 Occurrences)

Walk (315 Occurrences)

Tracks (6 Occurrences)

Rase (1 Occurrence)

Rub (1 Occurrence)