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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 - Then Jacob said, "Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, for she was tending them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - When his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So Israel returned to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - and a messenger came to Job, saying, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 - Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake's food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear what the LORD has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over 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 them - to the shepherds: 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer 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 among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them - with judgment!
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