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Strong's #4166 - ποιμήν
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- a herdsman, esp. a shepherd
- in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow
- metaph.
- the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church
- of the overseers of the Christian assemblies
- of kings and princes
- the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church
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ποιμήν, ένος, ὁ,
voc. ποιμήν (not -μέν ) Hdn.Gr. 2.717: —
herdsman, whether of sheep or oxen, Od. 10.82 - 5, al.; opp. lord or owner ( ἄναξ ), 4.87 .
2. after Hom. always shepherd, βουκόλοι καὶ π. E. Ba. 714, cf. Cratin. 281, Pl. Tht. 174d, R. 343a, Lg. 735b, etc.; π. προβάτων LXX Genesis 4:2 .
II metaph., shepherd of the people, regularly of Agamemnon, Ἀγαμέμνονα π. λαῶν Il. 2.243, al.: generally, captain, chief, ib. 85, al., S. Aj. 360 codd. (lyr.); ναῶν ποιμένες A. Supp. 767; λόχων E. Ph. 1140; ὄχων Id. Supp. 674; ποιμένες δώρων Κυπρίας, of the Loves, Pi. N. 8.6: abs., master, lord, πλοῦτος ὁ λαχὼν ποιμένα Id. O. 10(11).88; for A. Ag. 657, v. στρόβος.
2. in LXX and NT, pastor, teacher, Jeremiah 2:8, Ep.Ephesians 4:11, etc. (Cf.Lith. piemuõ, gen.sg. piemeñs 'shepherd'.)
ποιμήν, ποιμένος, ὁ (akin to the noun ποίᾳ, which see: (or from the root meaning 'to protect'; cf. Curtius, § 372; Fick 1:132)), from Homer down; the Sept. for רֹעֶה, a herdsman, especially a shepherd;
a. properly: Matthew 9:36; Matthew 25:32; Matthew 26:31; Mark 6:34; Mark 14:27; Luke 2:8, 15, 18, 20; John 10:2, 12; in the parable, he to whose care and control others have committed themselves, and whose precepts they follow, John 10:11, 14.
b. metaphorically, the presiding officer, manager, director, of any assembly: so of Christ the Head of the church, John 10:16; 1 Peter 2:25; Hebrews 13:20 (of the Jewish Messiah, Ezekiel 34:23); of the overseers of the Christian assemblies (A. V. pastors), Ephesians 4:11; cf. Ritschl, Entstehung der altkathol. Kirche, edition 2, p. 350f; (Hatch, Barnpron Lects. for 1880, p. 123f). (Of kings and princes we find ποιμένες λαῶν in Homer and Hesiod.)
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ποιμήν , -ίνος , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H7462 ;]
a shepherd: Matthew 9:36; Matthew 25:32; Matthew 26:31 (LXX), Mark 6:34; Mark 14:27, Luke 2:8; Luke 2:15; Luke 2:18; Luke 2:20 John 10:2; John 10:12 Metaph., of Christ; John 10:11; John 10:14; John 10:16 Hebrews 13:20, 1 Peter 2:25; of Christian pastors, Ephesians 4:11 (cf. Hom., Il, i, 263, ποιμένα λαῶν ).†
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confined in the NT to Romans 3:25, is seen in P Giss I. 50.4 (A.D. 259) καψά [ρια πο ]λ ̣ειτικὰ δύο προγ ̣ε [γονότ ]α τῷ μετηλλαχότι [π ]ατρί [μον, ";two dressing-rooms in the town-baths which belonged formerly to my deceased father"; : cf. Syll 279 (= .3 601).9 (B.C. 193) διὰ τὴν προγεγενημένην αὐτῶι δόξαν. In BGU III. 979.1 (A.D. 160–1) αἱ πρ [ογ ]εγονυῖαι is unfortunately followed by an hiatus.
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