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Strong's #4166: poimen (pronounced poy-mane')

of uncertain affinity; a shepherd (literally or figuratively):--shepherd, pastor.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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poimēn

1) a herdsman, especially a shepherd

1a) in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow

2) metaphorically

2a) the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church

2a1) of the overseers of the Christian assemblies

2a2) of kings and princes

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: of uncertain affinity

Citing in TDNT: 6:485, 901




Usage:

This word is used 18 times:

Matthew 9:36: "as sheep having no shepherd."
Matthew 25:32: "them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from"
Matthew 26:31: "for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep"
Mark 6:34: "sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them"
Mark 14:27: "for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep"
Luke 2:8: "the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch"
Luke 2:15: "into heaven, the shepherds said one to another,"
Luke 2:18: "them by the shepherds."
Luke 2:20: "And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God"
John 10:2: "door is the shepherd of the sheep."
John 10:11: "am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth"
John 10:11: "shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for"
John 10:12: "and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep"
John 10:14: "am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and"
John 10:16: "one fold, and one shepherd."
Ephesians 4:11: "some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;"
Hebrews 13:20: "Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood"
1 Peter 2:25: "returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."









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