Bible Dictionary: Herdsman

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of Joseph's brethren were made rulers over Pharaoh's cattle (Genesis 47:6, 17). The Israelites were known in Egypt as "keepers of cattle;" and when they left it they took their flocks and herds with them (Exodus 12:38). Both David and Saul came from "following the herd" to occupy the throne (1 Samuel 9; 11:5; Psalm 78:70). David's herd-masters were among his chief officers of state. The daughters also of wealthy chiefs were wont to tend the flocks of the family (Genesis 29:9; Exodus 2:16). The "chief of the herdsmen" was in the time of the monarchy an officer of high rank (1 Samuel 21:7; Comp. 1 Chronicles 27:29). The herdsmen lived in tents (Isaiah 38:12; Jeremiah 6:3); and there were folds for the cattle (Numbers 32:16), and watch-towers for the herdsmen, that he might therefrom observe any coming danger (Micah 4:8; Nahum 3:8).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HERDSMAN

hurdz'-man (boqer; the King James Version, the English Revised Version "herdman"): A cowherd (Amos 7:14). The same word is used in Syria today. ro`eh, has its equivalent in the language of Syria and Palestine (Arabic ra'i), and is a general term for any kind of a herdsman (Genesis 13:7, 8; Genesis 26:20 1 Samuel 21:7). noqedh, occurs in one passage (Amos 1:1); literally it means one who spots or marks the sheep, hence, a herdsman. Spotting the wool with different dyes is still the method of distinguishing between the sheep of different flocks. The herdsman is seldom the owner of the sheep, but a hireling.

See SHEEP; SHEEP TENDING.

James A. Patch

Strong's Hebrew

951. boqer -- a herdsman
... 950, 951. boqer. 952 . a herdsman. Transliteration: boqer Phonetic Spelling:
(bo-kare') Short Definition: herdsman. Word Origin ...
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Library

Preparation for Advent
... the poor man's prophet, for he was a poor man himself; not a courtier like Isaiah,
or a priest like Jeremiah, or a sage like Daniel; but a herdsman and a ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon ii preparation for advent.htm

The Birth of Cyrus.
... determines to destroy him."Harpagus."The king's command to him."Distress of
Harpagus."His consultation with his wife."The herdsman."He conveys the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter ii the birth of.htm

Cyrus, the Servant Of-The Lord {4}
... The courtier relents, and hands it over to a herdsman, to be exposed on the mountains.
The herdsman relents in turn, and bring the babe up as his own child. ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/cyrus the servant of-the lord.htm

The Servant of the Lord.
... The courtier relents, and hands it over to a herdsman, to be exposed on the mountains.
The herdsman relents in turn, and brings the babe up as his own child. ...
/.../kingsley/lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture iv the servant of.htm

Andromeda
... with them, Tearless, dumb with amaze she stood, as a storm-stunned nestling Fallen
from bough or from eave lies dumb, which the home-going herdsman Fancies a ...
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The Credibility of Scripture Sufficiently Proved in So Far as ...
... But whether you read David, Isaiah, and others of the same class, whose discourse
flows sweet and pleasant; or Amos the herdsman, Jeremiah, and Zechariah ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 the credibility of.htm

The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables ...
... On a hill the herdsman's hidden ox-goad,"". alluding, as I believe, under the name
of the herdsman's ox-goad, to the reed wielded by bacchanals. ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter ii the absurdity and impiety.htm

The Exile Continued.
... caught a swarthy face peering at him from some enclosure of the simple forest sanctuary,
and as he recognised Doeg the Edomite, Saul's savage herdsman, a cold ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/v the exilecontinued.htm

Twenty-Seventh Day. Activity in Duty.
... usefulness! Who were the writers in the Bible? We have among them a
King"a Lawgiver"a Herdsman"a Publican"a Physician! Nor ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/twenty-seventh day activity in duty.htm

The Swiss Reformer
... A few weeks after the birth of Luther in a miner's cabin in Saxony, Ulric
Zwingli was born in a herdsman's cottage among the Alps. ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 9 the swiss reformer.htm

Thesaurus

Herdsman's (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Herdsman's (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 27:32 And
all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth ...
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Herdsman (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HERDSMAN. ... The herdsman is seldom the owner of the
sheep, but a hireling. See SHEEP; SHEEP TENDING. James A. Patch. ...
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Astyages
... Astyages had given orders to expose the babe; but Harpagus, on whom the task had
been imposed, gave the child to a herdsman, with instructions to kill him. ...
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Herdsmen (11 Occurrences)

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Herd (118 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used
in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. ...
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Jabal (1 Occurrence)
... the father of those who dwell in tents and (with) herds.' So Gunkel, Gen3, 52, who
says that the corresponding word in Arabic means "the herdsman who tends the ...
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Jehdeiah (2 Occurrences)
... (2.) A Meronothite, herdsman of the asses under David and Solomon (1 Chronicles
27:30). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JEHDEIAH. ...
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Linen-worker's (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 38:12 My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's
tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from ...
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Grower (1 Occurrence)
... Amos 7:14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was Ia prophet's
son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; (See NAS). ...
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Farmer (17 Occurrences)
... Amos 7:14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was Ia prophet's
son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; (WEB). ...
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Bible Concordance

Herdsman (1 Occurrence)

Amos 7:14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Herdsman

Related Terms

Herdsman (1 Occurrence)

Astyages

Herdsmen (11 Occurrences)

Herd (118 Occurrences)

Jabal (1 Occurrence)

Jehdeiah (2 Occurrences)

Linen-worker's (1 Occurrence)

Grower (1 Occurrence)

Farmer (17 Occurrences)