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Lexicon :: Strong's G4165 - poimainō

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ποιμαίνω
Transliteration
poimainō (Key)
Pronunciation
poy-mah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:485,901

Trench's Synonyms: xxv. βόσκω, ποιμαίνω.

Strong’s Definitions

ποιμαίνω poimaínō, poy-mah'-ee-no; from G4166; to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser):—feed (cattle), rule.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4165 in the following manner: feed (6x), rule (4x), feed cattle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4165 in the following manner: feed (6x), rule (4x), feed cattle (1x).
  1. to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep

    1. to rule, govern

      1. of rulers

      2. to furnish pasture for food

      3. to nourish

      4. to cherish one's body, to serve the body

      5. to supply the requisites for the soul's need

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποιμαίνω poimaínō, poy-mah'-ee-no; from G4166; to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser):—feed (cattle), rule.
STRONGS G4165:
ποιμαίνω; future ποιμανῶ; 1 aorist imperative 2 person plural ποιμάνατε (1 Peter 5:2); (ποιμήν, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָעָה; to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep;
a. properly: Luke 17:7; ποίμνην, 1 Corinthians 9:7.
b. tropically,
α. to rule, govern: of rulers, τινα, Matthew 2:6; Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15 (2 Samuel 5:2; Micah 5:6 (Micah 5:5); Micah 7:14, etc.; (cf. Winers Grammar, 17)) (see ποιμήν, b. at the end); of the overseers (pastors) of the church, John 21:16; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2.
β. to furnish pasturage or food; to nourish: ἑαυτόν, to cherish one's body, to serve the body, Jude 1:12; to supply the requisites for the soul's needs (R. V. shall be their shepherd), Revelation 7:17. (Synonym: see βόσκω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
5:2
Micah
5:5; 5:6; 7:14
Matthew
2:6
Luke
17:7
John
21:16
Acts
20:28
1 Corinthians
9:7
1 Peter
5:2; 5:2
Jude
1:12
Revelation
2:27; 7:17; 12:5; 19:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4165 matches the Greek ποιμαίνω (poimainō),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - So he said, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And he put a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the records of the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, when he was seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “[fn]I will go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 -

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 -

Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [fn]west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the boys?” And he said, “The youngest is still left, but behold, he is tending the sheep.” So Samuel said to Jesse, “Send word and bring him; for we will not take our places at the table until he comes here.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a sheep from the flock,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16 - “They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel [fn]out and in. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a leader over Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - “In times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and you shall be leader over My people Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - “In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 -

‘You shall [fn]break them with a [fn]rod of iron,

You shall shatter them like [fn]earthenware.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 -

A Psalm of David.

The LORD is my shepherd,

I will not be in need.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 -

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;

Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 -

Trust in the LORD and do good;

Live in the land and [fn]cultivate faithfulness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 -

For [fn]such is God,

Our God forever and ever;

He will lead us [fn]until death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

Like sheep they sink down to [fn]Sheol;

Death will be their shepherd;

And the upright will rule over them in the morning,

And their form shall be for [fn]Sheol to consume

[fn]So that they have no lofty home.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 -

From [fn]the care of the [fn]ewes with nursing lambs He brought him

To shepherd Jacob His people,

And Israel His inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:72 -

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,

And guided them with his skillful hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

For the music director; set to [fn]El Shoshannim; [fn]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

Who leads Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 -

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,

And if you scoff, you alone will [fn]suffer from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 -

One who loves purity of heart

And [fn]whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 -

He who keeps the Law is a discerning son,

But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 -

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,

But he who involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 -

“Tell me, you whom my soul loves,

Where do you pasture your flock,

Where do you have it lie down at noon?

For why should I be like one who [fn]veils herself

Beside the flocks of your companions?”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 -

“If you yourself do not know,

Most beautiful among women,

Go out on the trail of the flock,

And pasture your young goats

By the tents of the shepherds.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16 -

The Bride

“My beloved is mine, and I am his;

He pastures his flock among the lilies.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 -

The Bride

“My beloved has gone down to his garden,

To the beds of balsam,

To pasture his flock in the gardens

And gather lilies.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 -

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,

He who pastures his flock among the lilies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 -

Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,

In His arm He will gather the lambs

And carry them in the fold of His robe;

He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 -

Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,

And [fn]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 -

“Then I will give you shepherds [fn]after My own heart, who will feed you knowledge and understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 -

“Shepherds and their flocks will come to her,

They will pitch their tents [fn]around her,

They will pasture, each in his [fn]place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18 -

“Therefore hear, you nations,

And know, you congregation, what is among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 -

“The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,

And your lovers will go into captivity;

Then you will certainly be ashamed and humiliated

Because of all your wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are [fn]tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not been concerned about them; behold, I am going to call you to account for the evil of your deeds,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - “I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will [fn]tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My [fn]sheep [fn]from them and make them stop tending sheep. So the shepherds will not [fn]feed themselves anymore, but I will save My sheep from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:23 -

“Then I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:5 -

I [fn]cared for you in the wilderness,

In the land of drought.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 -

And He will arise and shepherd His flock

In the strength of the LORD,

In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God.

And they will [fn]remain,

Because [fn]at that time He will be great

To the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 -

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

The land of Nimrod at its entrances;

And He will rescue us from the Assyrian

When he invades our land,

And when he tramples our territory.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 -

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,

The flock of Your [fn]possession

Which lives by itself in the woodland,

In the midst of [fn]a fruitful field.

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

As in the days of old.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 -

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 -

So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, [fn]therefore also the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [fn]Favor, and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:9 - Then I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, [fn]let it die, and what is to perish, [fn]let it perish; and [fn]let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 -

“Woe to the worthless shepherd

Who abandons the flock!

A sword will be on his arm

And on his right eye!

His arm will be totally withered,

And his right eye will be [fn]blind.”

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