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Shepherd
Shepherd Shep"herd, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shepherded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shepherding.] To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd. [Poetic] White, fleecy clouds . . . Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind. --Shelley.
Shepherd kings
Hyksos Hyk"sos, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years. It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites.
Shepherded
Shepherd Shep"herd, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shepherded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shepherding.] To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd. [Poetic] White, fleecy clouds . . . Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind. --Shelley.
Shepherdess
Shepherdess Shep"herd*ess, n. A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. --Sir P. Sidney.
Shepherdia
Shepherdia Shep*her"di*a, n.; pl. Shepherdias. [NL. So called from John Shepherd, an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as El[ae]agnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
Shepherdias
Shepherdia Shep*her"di*a, n.; pl. Shepherdias. [NL. So called from John Shepherd, an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as El[ae]agnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
Shepherding
Shepherd Shep"herd, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shepherded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shepherding.] To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd. [Poetic] White, fleecy clouds . . . Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind. --Shelley.
Shepherdish
Shepherdish Shep"herd*ish, n. Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. --Sir T. Sidney.
Shepherdism
Shepherdism Shep"herd*ism, n. Pastoral life or occupation.
Shepherdling
Shepherdling Shep"herd*ling, n. A little shepherd.
Shepherdly
Shepherdly Shep"herd*ly, a. Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.

Meaning of Epher from wikipedia

- Epher (also Ephera'im or Effrain, (Hebrew: עֵפֶר ʿĒp̄er)) was a grandson of Abraham, according to Gen. 25:4, whose descendants, Jewish historian Flavius...
- First Chronicles also list seven of her grandsons (Sheba, Dedan, Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah). Genesis records that Abraham gave them gifts...
- descendants of one of these grandsons, Epher, invaded Libya, and that the name of Africa was thus derived from that of Epher. The dominant modern hypothesis...
- En-rimmon En-rogel En-shemesh En-tappuah Epaphras Epaphroditus Epenetus Ephah Epher Ephes-dammim Ephesus Ephlal Ephphatha Ephraim Ephratah Ephron Epicurean...
- brothers are Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Ishbak and Shuah. His sons are Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. Josephus records that "Abraham contrived to settle...
- Historical and Descriptive, with a Historical Outline of Long Island, 1874 Epher Whitaker, A History of Southold, L.I., Orange, NJ: Press of the Orange Chronicle...
- A son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7). Ezrah is the father of Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon, grandfather (through Mered) of Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah, and...
- three peaks. The Book of Chronicles mentions Mount Hermon as a place where Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel were the heads of...
- labelled as Berdoa based on this report. The name Kufra (comes from Kufuh and Epher) itself is a derivation from kafir, the Arabic term for non-Muslims. Kufra...
- Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (Ant. 1.15) ****erted that it was named for Epher, grandson of Abraham according to Gen. 25:4, whose descendants, he claimed...