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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. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious 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 harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:11 - He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not 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! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:24 - He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 - “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as 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 told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “ ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:34 - When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “ ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:15 - So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; 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 - “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by 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 gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to 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 out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:7 - Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened 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 is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:13 - The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

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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 are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:26 - but you do not 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; I know them, and they follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as 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 face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - For “you were like sheep going astray,”[fn] but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
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