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Lexicon :: Strong's G1006 - boskō

Aa
βόσκω
Transliteration
boskō (Key)
Pronunciation
bos'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prol. form of a primary verb, cf βιβρώσκω (G977) & βοῦς (G1016)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: xxv. βόσκω, ποιμαίνω.

Strong’s Definitions

βόσκω bóskō, bos'-ko; a prolonged form of a primary verb (compare G977, G1016); to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze:—feed, keep.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G1006 in the following manner: feed (8x), keep (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G1006 in the following manner: feed (8x), keep (1x).

  1. to feed

    1. portraying the duty of a Christian teacher to promote in every way the spiritual welfare of the members of the church

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βόσκω bóskō, bos'-ko; a prolonged form of a primary verb (compare G977, G1016); to pasture; by extension to, fodder; reflexively, to graze:—feed, keep.
STRONGS G1006:
βόσκω; as in Greek writings from Homer down, to feed: Mark 5:14; Luke 15:15; ἀρνία, πρόβατα, John 21:15, 17 (in a figurative discourse portraying the duty of a Christian teacher to promote in every way the spiritual welfare of the members of the church); ὁ βόσκων a herdsman: Matthew 8:33; Luke 8:34. In the passive and middle [present participle βοσκόμενος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 note] of flocks or herds, to feed, graze: Matthew 8:30; Mark 5:11; Luke 8:32. (In Sept. for רָעָה.)
[Synonyms: βόσκειν, ποιμαίνειν: π. is the wider, β. the narrower term; the former includes oversight, the latter denotes nourishment; π. may be rendered tend, β. specifically feed. See Trench § 25; Meyer on John as above; Schmidt ch. 200.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:30; 8:33
Mark
5:11; 5:14
Luke
8:32; 8:34; 15:15
John
21:15; 21:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1006 matches the Greek βόσκω (boskō),
which occurs 27 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 - Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13 - And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
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