Poimnē ποίμνη

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Poimnē
ποίμνη
Transliterationpoimnē
Strong's numberG4167
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossflock
Occurrences5 in 4 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (1)

Poimnē (Greek ποίμνη, Strong's G4167) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “flock”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ποίμνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Gen.32:16 (17) (עֵדֶר), Zec.13:7 A * ;]
a flock, prop., of sheep: Mat.26:31, Luk.2:8, 1Co.9:7. Metaphorical, of Christ's followers, Jhn.10:16.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVflock (4), fold (1)
BSBflock (3), flocks (1)

Verses

Every verse with Poimnē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

John

1 Corinthians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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