mire · pasture

What it means

mire (מִרְעֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pasture”.

Place where livestock feed.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The place where livestock feeds, a pasture.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• pasture ×11
• feeding place ×1
• pastures ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 1 Chronicles×3
• Job×1
• Isaiah×1
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×4
• Joel×1
• Nahum×1

• Genesis 47:4

  They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to reside as aliens in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks that your servants have, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

• 1 Chronicles 4:39

  And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

• 1 Chronicles 4:40

  And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were from Ham.

• 1 Chronicles 4:41

  And these, those written by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and devoted them to destruction to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.

• Job 39:8

  What he searches out in the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing he seeks.

• Isaiah 32:14

  For the palace is forsaken, the tumult of the city deserted; the Ophel and the watchtower have become caves forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

• Lamentations 1:6

  And there has gone out from the daughter of Zion all her splendor; her princes have become like deer that have not found pasture, and they have gone without strength before the pursuer.

• Ezekiel 34:14

  In good pasture I will feed them, and on the mountains of the height of Israel will be their fold; there they will lie down in a good fold, and in fat pasture they will graze on the mountains of Israel.

• Ezekiel 34:18

  Is it too little for you that you graze on the good pasture and trample with your feet the rest of your pastures? And that you drink the settled water and muddy with your feet what is left?

• Joel 1:18

  How the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander confused, for there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.

• Nahum 2:11

  Where is the den of the lions and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion walked, the lioness, there the lion’s cub, and there was no one to make them afraid?

And 2 more times.