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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious 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 confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:6 - but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:11 - And he answered, “If you had a sheep that fell into a well on the Sabbath, wouldn’t you work to pull it out? Of course you would.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:12 - And how much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Yes, the law permits a person to do good on the Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:24 - Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 - “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - All the nations[fn] will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people 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 place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[fn] 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 - Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and 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 - On the way, Jesus told them, “All of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[fn] the Shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:15 - Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:2 - But the one who enters through 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 recognize his voice and come to him. 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 - After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:7 - so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me[fn] were thieves and robbers. But the true 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 sacrifices his life for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:13 - The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:16 - I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:26 - But you don’t believe me 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 - Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
“Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you know I love you.” “Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:17 - A third time he asked him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:36 - (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[fn])

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - Now may the God of peace—
who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus,
the great Shepherd of the sheep,
and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:25 - Once you were like sheep
who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
the Guardian of your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - She also bought cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and bodies—that is, human slaves.
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