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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:31

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:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:36

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:16

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all the children?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and [fn]bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

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 lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:16

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:7

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, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:2

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 prince over My people Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:6

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 for Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - ‘You shall [fn]break them with a [fn]rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like [fn]earthenware.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 - A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd,
I [fn]shall not want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 - Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good;
Dwell in the land and [fn]cultivate faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - For [fn]such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will guide us [fn]until death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - As sheep they are appointed for [fn]Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for [fn]Sheol to consume
[fn]So that they have no habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - From [fn]the care of the [fn]ewes with suckling lambs He brought him
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:72

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:72 - So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,
And guided them with his skillful hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - For the choir director; set to [fn]El Shoshannim; [fn]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves purity of heart
And [fn]whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - “Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who [fn]veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - “[fn]If you yourself do not know,
Most beautiful among women,
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:16 - “[fn]My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - “[fn]My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:3 - “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who pastures his flock among the lilies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:11

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 His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And [fn]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 - “Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:3

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18 - “Therefore hear, O nations,
And know, O congregation, what is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - “The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,
And your lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliated
Because of all your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are [fn]tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:4

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My [fn]sheep [fn]from them and make them cease from feeding [fn]sheep. So the shepherds will not [fn]feed 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 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:23 - “Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:5 - I [fn]cared for you in the wilderness,
In the land of drought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:4

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:6

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 deliver us from the Assyrian
When he attacks our land
And when he tramples our territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock of Your [fn]possession
Which dwells 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:4 - Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, [fn]hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [fn]Favor and the other I called [fn]Union; so I pastured the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:9

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 be annihilated, [fn]let it be annihilated; and [fn]let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - “Woe to the worthless shepherd
Who leaves 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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