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Lexicon :: Strong's G1006 - boskō

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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 8 times in 8 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17

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Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,

And sojourners will eat in the waste places of the [fn]wealthy.

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And the wolf will [fn]dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion [fn]and the fatling together;

And a young boy will lead them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7

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Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

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“[fn]And the foremost of the poor will eat,

And the needy will lie down in security;

I will put to death your root with famine,

And it will kill off your remnant.

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Then He will give you rain for [fn]the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the produce of the ground, and it will be [fn]rich and fat; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17

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He has cast the lot for them,

And His hand has divided it to them by line.

They shall possess it forever;

From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9

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Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’

To those who are in darkness, ‘[fn]Show yourselves.’

Along the roads they will [fn]feed,

And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
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