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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 39 times in 37 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:15 - "Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:6 - Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - "I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:11 - He said to them, "Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:12 - How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:24 - So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 - What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:33 - He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, 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 - As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - Then 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 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - "Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:15 - So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - "I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:4 - When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:7 - So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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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 - The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:13 - Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:15 - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:26 - But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:27 - My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - Jesus said a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" and said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus replied, "Feed my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, slaves and human lives.
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