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Lexicon :: Strong's G4166 - poimēn

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ποιμήν
Transliteration
poimēn (Key)
Pronunciation
poy-mane'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:485,901

Strong’s Definitions

ποιμήν poimḗn, poy-mane'; of uncertain affinity; a shepherd (literally or figuratively):—shepherd, pastor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G4166 in the following manner: shepherd (15x), Shepherd (2x), pastor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G4166 in the following manner: shepherd (15x), Shepherd (2x), pastor (1x).

  1. a herdsman, esp. a shepherd

    1. in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow

  2. metaph.

    1. the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church

      1. of the overseers of the Christian assemblies

      2. of kings and princes

        A shepherd in the Near East was responsible for watching out for enemies trying to attack the sheep, defending the sheep from attackers, healing the wounded and sick sheep, finding and saving lost or trapped sheep, loving them, and sharing their lives and to earn their trust.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποιμήν poimḗn, poy-mane'; of uncertain affinity; a shepherd (literally or figuratively):—shepherd, pastor.
STRONGS G4166:
ποιμήν, ποιμένος, ὁ (akin to the noun ποίᾳ, which see: (or from the root meaning 'to protect'; cf. Curtius, § 372; Fick 1:132)), from Homer down; the Sept. for רֹעֶה, a herdsman, especially a shepherd;
a. properly: Matthew 9:36; Matthew 25:32; Matthew 26:31; Mark 6:34; Mark 14:27; Luke 2:8, 15, 18, 20; John 10:2, 12; in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow, John 10:11, 14.
b. metaphorically, the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church, John 10:16; 1 Peter 2:25; Hebrews 13:20 (of the Jewish Messiah, Ezekiel 34:23); of the overseers of the Christian assemblies (A. V. pastors), Ephesians 4:11; cf. Ritschl, Entstehung der altkathol. Kirche, edition 2, p. 350f; (Hatch, Barnpron Lects. for 1880, p. 123f). (Of kings and princes we find ποιμένες λαῶν in Homer and Hesiod.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
34:23
Matthew
9:36; 25:32; 26:31
Mark
6:34; 14:27
Luke
2:8; 2:15; 2:18; 2:20
John
10:2; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 10:16
Ephesians
4:11
Hebrews
13:20
1 Peter
2:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4166 matches the Greek ποιμήν (poimēn),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - then saith Jesus to them, 'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:34 - and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - and Jesus saith to them -- 'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:15 - And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:18 - And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:20 - and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:2 - and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - 'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:14 - 'I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:11 - and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds and teachers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - And the God of the peace, who did bring up out of the dead the great shepherd of the sheep -- in the blood of an age-during covenant -- our Lord Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
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