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GreekG4263Noun (Neuter)

πρόβατον

probaton

37Occurrences
G4263Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively)

probably neuter of a presumed derivative of G4260 (προβαίνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in Hom., Hdt., cattle, esp. of small cattle, sheep and goats.
2.In NT, as in Attic writers generally, a sheep
LXX: chiefly for צֹאן, also for שֶׂה, more rarely for כֶּבֶשׂ (כֶּשֶׂב), רָחֵל

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

πρόβατον appears 37 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
17
Matthew
11
Luke
2
Mark
2
1 Peter
1
Acts
1
Hebrews
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 2:25BSB

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

John 10:7BSB

So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

John 10:26BSB

But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

Luke 15:6BSB

comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’

Matthew 25:32BSB

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.