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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:15 - “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary[fn] and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:6 - “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:11 - Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
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 Sabbath.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:24 - But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 - “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - “All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:33 - “And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:

‘I will strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:34 - And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night,[fn] for it is written:

‘I will strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered.’
[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:15 - When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:2 - “But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - “To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:4 - “And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:7 - Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - “All who ever came before Me[fn] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - “But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:13 - “The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:15 - “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:26 - “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:27 - “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah,[fn] do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah,[fn] do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - The place in the Scripture which he read was this:

“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer[fn] of your souls.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - “and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
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