Bible Vocabulary

Word Forms

These forms come from “pasture” and change to fit the sentence.

  • pasturebase form
  • pasturedpast and past participle
  • pasturesplural, third-person singular present
  • pasturingpresent participle

pasture

nounverb /ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/

WEB 138 appearances

KJV 31 appearances

A pasture is a grassy field where animals like sheep and cows can eat food.

Biblical Usage

In the Bible, pastures are land given to farm animals so they can eat grass. God also calls His people His sheep and promises to care for them like a good shepherd in a safe pasture.

WEB Representative Scriptures

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
John 10:9 (WEB)
I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:14 (WEB)
They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals.
Numbers 35:3 (WEB)

KJV Representative Scriptures

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 74:1 (KJV)
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD .
Ezekiel 34:31 (KJV)
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea 13:6 (KJV)