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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Give water to the sheep to drink, and go, pasture them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 -

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 -

Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, “I am seeking my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And behold, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and [fn]fat; and they grazed in the reeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 -

Then all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king with this word, saying,

“What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;

To your tents, O Israel!

Now see to your own house, David!”

So Israel went to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the [fn]donkeys feeding beside them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 -

Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,

And sojourners will eat in the waste places of the [fn]wealthy.

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And the wolf will [fn]dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion [fn]and the fatling together;

And a young boy will lead them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 -

“[fn]And the foremost of the poor will eat,

And the needy will lie down in security;

I will put to death your root with famine,

And it will kill off your remnant.

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Then He will give you rain for [fn]the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the produce of the ground, and it will be [fn]rich and fat; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 -

He has cast the lot for them,

And His hand has divided it to them by line.

They shall possess it forever;

From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 -

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’

To those who are in darkness, ‘[fn]Show yourselves.’

Along the roads they will [fn]feed,

And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 -

Hear the word of Yahweh, O nations,

And declare in the coastlands far away,

And say, “He who dispersed Israel will gather him

And keep him as a shepherd keeps 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 to [fn]those shepherds, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been [fn]shepherding themselves! Should not the shepherds shepherd the flock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - “You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you sacrifice the fat sheep without shepherding the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - “As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “surely because My flock has become plunder, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not seek for My flock, but rather the shepherds shepherded themselves and did not shepherd My flock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will seek My flock from their hand and make them cease from shepherding the flock. So the shepherds will not shepherd themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they will not be food for them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13 - “I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - “I will shepherd them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and be shepherded in [fn]rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - “I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - “I will search for the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with judgment.
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