{"id":3381,"date":"2024-05-24T19:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/shepherd-presence-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:04:02","slug":"shepherd-presence-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/shepherd-presence-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Herder in de Bijbel: 83 keer in de KJV, en wat het betekent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The KJV says &quot;shepherd&quot; 45 times and &quot;shepherds&quot; 38 times, 83 in all, and most of them are in the prophets. A shepherd in the Bible is the one who feeds, leads and guards a flock, and Scripture gives that name to God himself: &quot;The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want&quot; (Psalm 23:1). In Hebrew the shepherd&#039;s word is a verb before it is a title. Ra&#039;ah means to tend a flock, to pasture it, and the King\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KJV says &quot;shepherd&quot; or &quot;shepherds&quot; 83 times. What a shepherd did, who the Bible&#039;s shepherds were, and why God and Jesus take the name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20935,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/jesus-born-bethlehem-prophecy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3381,"position":0},"title":"Why Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? 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