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GreekG4167Noun (Feminine)

ποίμνη

poimnē

4Occurrences
G4167Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a flock (literally or figuratively)

contraction from G4165 (ποιμαίνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a flock, prop., of sheep. Metaphorical, of Christ's followers.
LXX: (17) (עֵדֶר), A *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ποίμνη appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
1
John
1
Luke
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 9:7BSB

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

John 10:16BSB

I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Luke 2:8BSB

And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

Matthew 26:31BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written:‘I will strike the Shepherd,and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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