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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 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:30 - Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:33 - Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:11 - Now there was on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:14 - Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:32 - Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:34 - When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - So when they had eaten their breakfast, Yeshua said to Shim`on Rock, "Shim`on, son of Yonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

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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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