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Lexicon :: Strong's G4166 - poimēn

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ποιμήν
Transliteration
poimēn (Key)
Pronunciation
poy-mane'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:485,901

Strong’s Definitions

ποιμήν poimḗn, poy-mane'; of uncertain affinity; a shepherd (literally or figuratively):—shepherd, pastor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G4166 in the following manner: shepherd (15x), Shepherd (2x), pastor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G4166 in the following manner: shepherd (15x), Shepherd (2x), pastor (1x).

  1. a herdsman, esp. a shepherd

    1. in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow

  2. metaph.

    1. the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church

      1. of the overseers of the Christian assemblies

      2. of kings and princes

        A shepherd in the Near East was responsible for watching out for enemies trying to attack the sheep, defending the sheep from attackers, healing the wounded and sick sheep, finding and saving lost or trapped sheep, loving them, and sharing their lives and to earn their trust.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποιμήν poimḗn, poy-mane'; of uncertain affinity; a shepherd (literally or figuratively):—shepherd, pastor.
STRONGS G4166:
ποιμήν, ποιμένος, ὁ (akin to the noun ποίᾳ, which see: (or from the root meaning 'to protect'; cf. Curtius, § 372; Fick 1:132)), from Homer down; the Sept. for רֹעֶה, a herdsman, especially a shepherd;
a. properly: Matthew 9:36; Matthew 25:32; Matthew 26:31; Mark 6:34; Mark 14:27; Luke 2:8, 15, 18, 20; John 10:2, 12; in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow, John 10:11, 14.
b. metaphorically, the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church, John 10:16; 1 Peter 2:25; Hebrews 13:20 (of the Jewish Messiah, Ezekiel 34:23); of the overseers of the Christian assemblies (A. V. pastors), Ephesians 4:11; cf. Ritschl, Entstehung der altkathol. Kirche, edition 2, p. 350f; (Hatch, Barnpron Lects. for 1880, p. 123f). (Of kings and princes we find ποιμένες λαῶν in Homer and Hesiod.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
34:23
Matthew
9:36; 25:32; 26:31
Mark
6:34; 14:27
Luke
2:8; 2:15; 2:18; 2:20
John
10:2; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 10:16
Ephesians
4:11
Hebrews
13:20
1 Peter
2:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4166 matches the Greek ποιμήν (poimēn),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:34 - When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:15 - When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:18 - And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:20 - And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:2 - But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:11 - I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:14 - I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:11 - And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds[fn] and teachers,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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