GreekG8385Verb
νέμω
nemō
“to feed”
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Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to deal out, distribute, dispense, of meat and drink, (Homer), etc.; of the gods, *νέμει ὄλβον Ὀλύμπιος ἀνθρώποισιν *(Odyssey by Homer); μοῖραν ν. *τινί *to pay one due respect, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—;Pass., *ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας νέμεται *is freely bestowed upon them, (Herdotus Historicus); *κρέα νενεμημένα *portions of meat, (Xenophon Historicus)
2.Mid. to distribute among themselves, and so, to have as one's portion, possess, enjoy, (Homer), etc.
3.to dwell in, inhabit, (Homer): absolute to dwell, (Herdotus Historicus)
4.to spend, pass, αἰῶνα, *ἡμέραν *(Pindar)
5.Act. much like Mid. to hold, possess, γῆν, χώραν, *πόλιν *(Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;Pass., of places, to be inhabited, (Herdotus Historicus); of a country, to maintain itself, be constituted, (Thucydides)
6.to hold sway, manage, (Herdotus Historicus):—; ν. *οἴακα *to manage the helm, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ν. *ἰσχὺν ἐπὶ σκήπτροισι *to support one's strength on staves, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ν. *γλῶσσαν *to use the tongue, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
7.like νομίζω, to hold, consider as so and so, *σὲ νέμω θεόν *(Sophocles Tragicus); προστάτην ν. *τινά *to take as one's patron, (Aristotle Philosopher)
8.of herdsmen, to pasture or graze their flocks, drive to pasture, tend, Lat. pascere, (Odyssey by Homer), attic, etc.:—;metaphorically, ν. *χόλον *(Sophocles Tragicus)
9.Mid., of cattle, to feed, i. e. go to pasture, graze, Lat. pasci, (Homer), etc.: with accusative cognate to feed on, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; of men, to eat, (Sophocles Tragicus); of fire, to consume, devour, (Iliad by Homer), etc.; of cancerous sores, to spread, *ἐνέμετο πρόσω *(Herdotus Historicus)
10.with accusative loci, *ὄρη νέμειν *to graze the hills [with cattle, 5th/4th c.BC]: Pass., [ τὸ ὄρος] *νέμεται βουσί *(Xenophon Historicus)
11.metaphorically, *πυρὶ νέμειν πόλιν *to give a city to the flames, (Herdotus Historicus): Pass., *πυρὶ χθὼν νέμεται *the land is devoured by fire, (Iliad by Homer)
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νέμω appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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