The word in Scripture

Shepherd in the Bible

The word shepherd appears 45 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A shepherd leads, feeds, and protects the flock at cost to himself. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What shepherd means in the Bible

A shepherd leads, feeds, and protects the flock at cost to himself.

Where the word shepherd appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word shepherd appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”Psalms 23:1

“Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.”Psalms 80:1

“He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.”Isaiah 40:11

“Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?”Isaiah 63:11

“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”Matthew 9:36

“Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.”Matthew 26:31

“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”John 10:11

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,”Hebrews 13:20