נֹקֵד nôqêd

Meaning

a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)

In the King James Version: herdman, sheepmaster.

Derivation: active participle from the same as H5348 (נָקֹד);

Where it is used

• 2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
• Amos 1:1 These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.