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Lexicon :: Strong's G4165 - poimainō

Aa
ποιμαίνω
Transliteration
poimainō (Key)
Pronunciation
poy-mah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:485,901

Trench's Synonyms: xxv. βόσκω, ποιμαίνω.

Strong’s Definitions

ποιμαίνω poimaínō, poy-mah'-ee-no; from G4166; to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser):—feed (cattle), rule.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4165 in the following manner: feed (6x), rule (4x), feed cattle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4165 in the following manner: feed (6x), rule (4x), feed cattle (1x).

  1. to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep

    1. to rule, govern

      1. of rulers

      2. to furnish pasture for food

      3. to nourish

      4. to cherish one's body, to serve the body

      5. to supply the requisites for the soul's need

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποιμαίνω poimaínō, poy-mah'-ee-no; from G4166; to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser):—feed (cattle), rule.
STRONGS G4165:
ποιμαίνω; future ποιμανῶ; 1 aorist imperative 2 person plural ποιμάνατε (1 Peter 5:2); (ποιμήν, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָעָה; to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep;
a. properly: Luke 17:7; ποίμνην, 1 Corinthians 9:7.
b. tropically,
α. to rule, govern: of rulers, τινα, Matthew 2:6; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15 (2 Samuel 5:2; Micah 5:6 (Micah 5:5); Micah 7:14, etc.; (cf. Winers Grammar, 17)) (see ποιμήν, b. at the end); of the overseers (pastors) of the church, John 21:16; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2.
β. to furnish pasturage or food; to nourish: ἑαυτόν, to cherish one's body, to serve the body, Jude 1:12; to supply the requisites for the soul's needs (R. V. shall be their shepherd), Revelation 7:17. (Synonym: see βόσκω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
5:2
Micah
5:5; 5:6; 7:14
Matthew
2:6
Luke
17:7
John
21:16
Acts
20:28
1 Corinthians
9:7
1 Peter
5:2; 5:2
Jude
1:12
Revelation
2:27; 7:17; 12:5; 19:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4165 matches the Greek ποιμαίνω (poimainō),
which occurs 50 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - “What wages do you want?” Laban asked again.
Jacob replied, “Don’t give me anything. Just do this one thing, and I’ll continue to tend and watch over your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - who took them a three-days’ journey from where Jacob was. Meanwhile, Jacob stayed and cared for the rest of Laban’s flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Get ready, and I will send you to them.”
“I’m ready to go,” Joseph replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro,[fn] the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai,[fn] the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16 - In fact, day and night they were like a wall of protection to us and the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - In the past,[fn] when Saul was our king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be Israel’s leader.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel’s tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, “Why haven’t you built me a beautiful cedar house?”’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - In the past,[fn] even when Saul was king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD your God told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be the leader of my people Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel’s leaders, the shepherds of my people. I have never asked them, “Why haven’t you built me a beautiful cedar house?”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - You will break[fn] them with an iron rod
and smash them like clay pots.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 -

A psalm of David.

The LORD is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 - Save your people!
Bless Israel, your special possession.[fn]
Lead them like a shepherd,
and carry them in your arms forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good.
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep, they are led to the grave,[fn]
where death will be their shepherd.
In the morning the godly will rule over them.
Their bodies will rot in the grave,
far from their grand estates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - He took David from tending the ewes and lambs
and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants—
God’s own people, Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:72

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:72 - He cared for them with a true heart
and led them with skillful hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”

Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech
will have the king as a friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Young people who obey the law are wise;
those with wild friends bring shame to their parents.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today?
Where will you rest your sheep at noon?
For why should I wander like a prostitute[fn]
among your friends and their flocks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 -

Young Man

If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman,
follow the trail of my flock,
and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16 -

Young Woman

My lover is mine, and I am his.
He browses among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 -

Young Woman

My lover has gone down to his garden,
to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
and gather the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 - I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.
He browses among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - Foreigners will be your servants.
They will feed your flocks
and plow your fields
and tend your vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 - And I will give you shepherds after my own heart,
who will guide you with knowledge and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city.
Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18 - “Therefore, listen to this, all you nations.
Take note of my people’s situation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - And now the wind will blow away your allies.
All your friends will be taken away as captives.
Surely then you will see your wickedness and be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - Then I will appoint responsible shepherds who will care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one will be lost or missing. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:23 - And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:5 - I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he will stand to lead his flock with the LORD’s strength,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
Then his people will live there undisturbed,
for he will be highly honored around the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 - They will rule Assyria with drawn swords
and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod.
He will rescue us from the Assyrians
when they pour over the borders to invade our land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - O LORD, protect your people with your shepherd’s staff;
lead your flock, your special possession.
Though they live alone in a thicket
on the heights of Mount Carmel,[fn]
let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead
as they did long ago.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - This is what the LORD my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter—the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:9 - So I told them, “I won’t be your shepherd any longer. If you die, you die. If you are killed, you are killed. And let those who remain devour each other!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - “What sorrow awaits this worthless shepherd
who abandons the flock!
The sword will cut his arm
and pierce his right eye.
His arm will become useless,
and his right eye completely blind.”
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