Herdsman
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Genesis 47:6,17 Exodus 12:38 1 Samuel 9 11:5 Psalm 78:70 Genesis 29:9 Exodus 2:16 1 Samuel 21:7 1 Chronicles 27:29 Isaiah 38:12 Jeremiah 6:3 Numbers 32:16 Micah 4:8 Nahum 3:8
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Amos 7:14 1 Chronicles 27:29 1 Chronicles 28:1 Genesis 46:34 1 Corinthians 9:7
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
hûrdz´man ( בּרקר , bōḳer ; the King James Version, the English Revised Version "herdman"): A cowherd ( Amos 7:14 ). The same word is used in Syria today. רעה , rō‛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 , Genesis 13:8; Genesis 26:20; 1 Samuel 21:7 ). נקד , nōḳēdh , 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 .
