13 occurrences in 11 translations

'Herdsmen' in the Bible

Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.

Verse ConceptsLivestockServants, BadStock KeepingResolving Conflict

Then Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryLove Between RelativesConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflict

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel because they quarreled with him.

Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

Verse ConceptsExcavationPeople OpposedPeople Naming Things

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and captured many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

Verse ConceptsForeignersVineyardForeigners Included Among The PeopleStock KeepingStrangers in israelAliens

Words of Amos -- who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa -- that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;

Verse ConceptsearthquakesOccupationsProphets, Lives OfShepherds, As OccupationsProphetic VisionsTwo YearsThose Who Kept StockAgriculture

The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.

Verse ConceptsLooking And SeeingTelling Of Jesus

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and out in the country.

Verse ConceptsLooking And SeeingOthers Who FledTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

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