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Strong's #4165: poimaino (pronounced poy-mah'-ee-no)

from 4166; to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser):--feed (cattle), rule.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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poimainō

1) to feed, to tend a flock, keep sheep

1a) to rule, govern

1a1) of rulers

1a2) to furnish pasture for food

1a3) to nourish

1a4) to cherish one' s body, to serve the body

1a5) to supply the requisites for the soul' s need

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G4166

Citing in TDNT: 6:485, 901




Usage:

This word is used 11 times:

Matthew 2:6: "shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel."
Luke 17:7: "a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from"
John 21:16: "thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep."
Acts 20:28: "hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which"
1 Corinthians 9:7: "thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not"
1 Peter 5:2: " Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not"
Jude 1:12: "feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water,"
Revelation 2:27: "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the"
Revelation 7:17: "the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them"
Revelation 12:5: "child, who was to rule all nations with a rod"
Revelation 19:15: "nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:"









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