Definition

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• break
• companion
• keep company with
• devour
• eat up
• evil entreat
• feed
• use as a friend
• make friendship with
• herdman
• keep (sheep) (-er)
• pastor
• shearing house
• shepherd
• wander
• waste

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.