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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 27 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 - Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13 - And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
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