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Lexicon :: Strong's G4263 - probaton

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πρόβατον
Transliteration
probaton (Key)
Pronunciation
prob'-at-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from a presumed. derivative of προβαίνω (G4260)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:689,936

Strong’s Definitions

†πρόβατον próbaton, prob'-at-on; probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively):—sheep(-fold).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's G4263 in the following manner: sheep (40x), sheepfold (with G833) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's G4263 in the following manner: sheep (40x), sheepfold (with G833) (1x).

  1. any four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opp. to large cattle, horses, etc.), most commonly a sheep or a goat

    1. a sheep, and so always in the NT

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†πρόβατον próbaton, prob'-at-on; probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively):—sheep(-fold).
STRONGS G4263:
πρόβατον, προβάτου, τό (from προβαίνω, properly, 'that which walks forward'), from Homer down, the Sept. chiefly for צֹאן, then for שֶׂה, sometimes for כֶּבֶשׂ and כֶּשֶׂב (a lamb), properly, any four-footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opposed to large cattle, horses, etc.), most common a sheep or a goat; but especially a sheep, and so always in the N. T.: Matthew 7:15; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 12:11; Mark 6:34; Luke 15:4, 6; John 2:14; John 10:1-4, 11f.; Acts 8:32 (from Isaiah 53:7); 1 Peter 2:25; Revelation 18:13; πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for the slaughter, Romans 8:36. metaphorically, πρόβατα, sheep, is used of the followers of any master: Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27 (from Zechariah 13:7); of mankind, who as needing salvation obey the injunctions of him who provides it and leads them to it; so of the followers of Christ: John 10:7f, 15f, 26; John 21:16 (R G L Tr text WH marginal reading), John 21:17 (R G L WH marginal reading); Hebrews 13:20; τά πρόβατα ἀπολωλότα (see ἀπόλλυμι, at the end), Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; τά πρόβατα in distinction from τά ἐρίφια, are good men as distinguished from bad people, Matthew 25:33.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
53:7
Zechariah
13:7
Matthew
7:15; 10:6; 10:16; 12:11; 15:24; 25:33; 26:31
Mark
6:34; 14:27
Luke
15:4; 15:6
John
2:14; 10:1; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:7; 10:11; 10:15; 10:26; 21:16; 21:17
Acts
8:32
Romans
8:36
Hebrews
13:20
1 Peter
2:25
Revelation
18:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4263 matches the Greek πρόβατον (probaton),
which occurs 39 times in 37 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:15 - "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:6 - Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:11 - He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the day of Shabbat, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:12 - Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the day of Shabbat."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:24 - But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Yisra'el."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 - "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:33 - He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Yeshua said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:34 - Yeshua came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - Yeshua said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:15 - He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - "Most assuredly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:2 - But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:4 - Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:7 - Yeshua therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:13 - The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:15 - even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:26 - But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - He said to him again a second time, "Shim`on, son of Yonah, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - He said to him the third time, "Shim`on, son of Yonah, do you have affection for me?" Rock was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Yeshua said to him, "Feed my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, So he doesn't open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - Now may the God of shalom, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Yeshua,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - For you were going astray like sheep; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, bodies, and people's souls.
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