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Lexicon :: Strong's G4263 - probaton

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πρόβατον
Transliteration
probaton (Key)
Pronunciation
prob'-at-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from a presumed. derivative of προβαίνω (G4260)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:689,936

Strong’s Definitions

†πρόβατον próbaton, prob'-at-on; probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively):—sheep(-fold).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's G4263 in the following manner: sheep (40x), sheepfold (with G833) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's G4263 in the following manner: sheep (40x), sheepfold (with G833) (1x).

  1. any four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opp. to large cattle, horses, etc.), most commonly a sheep or a goat

    1. a sheep, and so always in the NT

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†πρόβατον próbaton, prob'-at-on; probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260; something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively):—sheep(-fold).
STRONGS G4263:
πρόβατον, προβάτου, τό (from προβαίνω, properly, 'that which walks forward'), from Homer down, the Sept. chiefly for צֹאן, then for שֶׂה, sometimes for כֶּבֶשׂ and כֶּשֶׂב (a lamb), properly, any four-footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opposed to large cattle, horses, etc.), most common a sheep or a goat; but especially a sheep, and so always in the N. T.: Matthew 7:15; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 12:11; Mark 6:34; Luke 15:4, 6; John 2:14; John 10:1-4, 11f.; Acts 8:32 (from Isaiah 53:7); 1 Peter 2:25; Revelation 18:13; πρόβατα σφαγῆς, sheep destined for the slaughter, Romans 8:36. metaphorically, πρόβατα, sheep, is used of the followers of any master: Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27 (from Zechariah 13:7); of mankind, who as needing salvation obey the injunctions of him who provides it and leads them to it; so of the followers of Christ: John 10:7f, 15f, 26; John 21:16 (R G L Tr text WH marginal reading), John 21:17 (R G L WH marginal reading); Hebrews 13:20; τά πρόβατα ἀπολωλότα (see ἀπόλλυμι, at the end), Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; τά πρόβατα in distinction from τά ἐρίφια, are good men as distinguished from bad people, Matthew 25:33.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
53:7
Zechariah
13:7
Matthew
7:15; 10:6; 10:16; 12:11; 15:24; 25:33; 26:31
Mark
6:34; 14:27
Luke
15:4; 15:6
John
2:14; 10:1; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:7; 10:11; 10:15; 10:26; 21:16; 21:17
Acts
8:32
Romans
8:36
Hebrews
13:20
1 Peter
2:25
Revelation
18:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4263 matches the Greek πρόβατον (probaton),
which occurs 282 times in 251 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 6 (Num 31:28–2Ch 5:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - And levy for the LORD a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And from the people of Israel’s half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - and the LORD’s tribute of sheep was 675.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - Then they came near to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:13 - and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place that the LORD your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4 - These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:14 - You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. As the LORD your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - “All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and flock you shall dedicate to the LORD your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the LORD your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the LORD will choose, to make his name dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - “You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - And this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - “You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall take them back to your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 - Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat[fn] of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
with the very finest[fn] of the wheat—
and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Let every man bring his ox or his sheep and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.’” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night and they slaughtered them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction[fn] all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs[fn] of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince[fn] over my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent’s Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he has not invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders[fn] of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They carried off their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house. But do not let the plague be on your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:31 - All these were stewards of King David’s property.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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