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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)
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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 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:30 - Now G1161 there was a herd G34 of many G4183 pigs G5519 feeding G1006 at G3112 a G3112 distance G3112 from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:33 - And the herdsmen G1006 ran G5343 away G5343, and went G565 to the city G4172 and reported G518 everything G3956, [fn]including G2532 what G3588 had G3588 happened G3588 to the demon-possessed G1139 men G1139.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:11 - Now G1161 there was a large G3173 herd G34 of pigs G5519 feeding G1006 [fn]nearby G1563 on the mountain G3735.

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Their herdsmen G1006 ran G5343 away G5343 and reported G518 it in the city G4172 and in the countryside G68. And the people came G2064 to see G3708 what G5101 it was that had happened G1096.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:32

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Now G1161 there was a herd G34 of many G2425 pigs G5519 feeding G1006 there G1563 on the mountain G3735; and the demons begged G3870 Him to permit G2010 them to enter G1525 [fn]the pigs. And He gave G2010 them permission G2010.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:34

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Now G1161 when the herdsmen G1006 saw G3708 what had happened G1096, they ran G5343 away G5343 and reported G518 everything in the city G4172, and in the country G68.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - “So G2532 he went G4198 and [fn]hired G2853 himself out G2853 to one G1520 of the citizens G4177 of that country G5561, and he sent G3992 him into his fields G68 to feed G1006 pigs G5519.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 -

Now G3767 when G3753 they had finished G709 breakfast G709, Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to Simon G4613 Peter G4074, “Simon G4613, son of John G2491, do you [fn]love G25 Me more G4183 than these G3778?” He *said G3004 to Him, “Yes G3483, Lord G2962; You know G6063 that I [fn]love G5368 You.” He *said G3004 to him, “Tend G1006 My lambs G721.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - He *said G3004 to him the third G5154 time G5154, “Simon G4613, son of John G2491, do you [fn]love G5368 Me?” Peter G4074 was [fn]hurt G3076 because G3754 He said G3004 to him the third G5154 time G5154, “Do you [fn]love G5368 Me?” And he said G3004 to Him, “Lord G2962, You know G6063 all G3956 things G3956; You know G1097 that I [fn]love G5368 You.” Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to him, “Tend G1006 My sheep G4263.
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