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herdmen

Meaning of “herdmen”

Persons who keep, tend, or care for herds.

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8 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 13:7

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Every verse containing “herdmen”

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Genesis 13:7
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 13:7 · retained source text

And there was a strife betweene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lots cattell: And the Canaanite, and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Genesis 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 13:8 · retained source text

And Abram said vnto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene mee and thee, and betweene my heardmen and thy heardmen: for wee bee brethren.

1611 marginal noteHebr. men brethren.

Genesis 26:20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 26:20 · retained source text

And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying, The water is ours; and hee called the name of the well, Esek, because they stroue with him.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Contention.

1 Samuel 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 21:7 · retained source text

Now a certaine man of the seruants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD, and his name was Doeg an Edomite, the chiefest of the heardmen that belonged to Saul.

Amos 1:1
THE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 1:1 · retained source text

¶ The wordes of Amos, who was among the heardmen of Tekoa, which hee sawe concerning Israel, in the daies of Uzziah King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash king of Israel, two yere before the earthquake.

1611 marginal noteZech.14.5.

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