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( øֹòֶä , roch, from øָòָä , to feed, Jer_2:8; Jer_3:15; Jer_10:21; Jer_12:10; Jer_17:16; Jer_22:22; Jer_23:1-2; ðïéìήí , Eph_4:11), a shepherd (as elsewhere rendered). Besides this literal sense, the word is' employed figuratively in the Scriptures in somewhat the same way as it is now used to denote a stated minister appointed to watch over and instruct a congregation. SEE SHEPHERD.