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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 78 times in 65 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are [fn]brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:32 - And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their kine, and all their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - Ye shall say, We thy servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:17 - And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:17 - who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - And now, behold, I have heard that thy shepherds who were with us in the wilderness are shearing [fn]thy sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, [fn]but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock [fn]without a shepherd: and the Lord said, Is not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12 - And he arose and went to Samaria, and he was in the house of sheep-shearing in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - And he said, I saw Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no commander; let each return to his home in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, Fire has fallen from heaven, and burnt up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds likewise; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 - The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherds' tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations: neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - As for the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, and the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves for ever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds' pastures;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 - Then he remembered the ancient days, saying, Where is he that brought up from the sea the shepherd of the sheep? where is he that put his Holy Spirit in them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 - If a man put away his wife, and she depart from him, and become another man's, shall she return to him any more at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? yet thou hast gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and hast returned to me, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore's face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 - and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - The shepherds and their flocks shall come to her; and they shall pitch their tents against her round about, and shall feed their flocks each with his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 - Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - The wind shall tend all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; for then shalt thou be ashamed and disgraced because of all thy lovers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - (LXX 32:34) Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - (LXX 32:35) And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - (LXX 32:36) A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and the rams: for the Lord has destroyed their pastures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - (LXX 40:12) Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for want of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - (LXX 50:12) And he shall kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and shall burn them, and shall carry them away captives: and shall search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his garment; and he shall go forth in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - (LXX 30:13) Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of Ætham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who is this shepherd, who shall confront me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - (LXX 27:6) My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - (LXX 27:44) Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gæthan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - (LXX 28:23) And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.

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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 to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord God; O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? do not the shepherds feed the sheep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5 - And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:7 - Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:9 - For this cause, O shepherds,

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