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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.
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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 6 times in 6 verses in '1Sa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
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