ποιμήν (poimēn) means “shepherd” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: poy-mane' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ποιμήν · poimēn · shepherd
ποιμήν, -ίνος, ὁ [in LXX for רָעָה ;] a shepherd: Mat.9:36 25:32 26:31" (LXX), Mrk.6:34 14:27, Luk.2:8, 15 2:18, 20 Jhn.10:2, 12 Metaphorical, of Christ; Jhn.10:11, 14 10:16 Heb.13:20, 1Pe.2:25; of Christian pastors, Eph.4:11 (cf. Hom., Il, i, 263, ποιμένα λαῶν).† (AS)
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a shepherd; hence met: of the feeder, protector, and ruler of a flock of men.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shepherd | 8 |
| shepherds | 4 |
| a shepherd | 3 |
| the shepherd | 2 |
| to be pastors | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shepherd | 6 |
| the shepherd | 4 |
| the | 3 |
| the shepherds | 3 |
| a shepherd | 2 |
| pastors | 1 |
| shepherds | 1 |
| that | 1 |
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When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Read word by wordAll 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.’
Read word by wordWhen Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
Read word by wordThen Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Read word by wordAnd there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
Read word by wordWhen the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
Read word by wordAnd all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
Read word by wordThe shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
Read word by wordBut the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
Read word by wordI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Read word by wordThe hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
Read word by wordI am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordAnd it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Read word by wordNow may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
Read word by wordFor “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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