ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑ, ποιμενα
POIMENA, poimena
Sounds Like: poy-MEH-nah
Translations: shepherd, a shepherd, pastor, a pastor
From the root: ΠΟΙΜΗΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a shepherd, someone who tends and cares for sheep. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a leader, a guide, or a spiritual pastor who cares for a flock of people. In its literal sense, it describes a person whose occupation is to look after sheep. In a figurative sense, it describes someone who provides guidance and protection, much like a shepherd protects their flock.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4166 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 5:12
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:23
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 63:11
- Jeremiah — 28:23
- Zechariah — 11:16
- Matthew — 9:36, 26:31
- Mark — 6:34, 14:27
- Hebrews — 13:20
- 1 Peter — 2:25
- Epistle of Barnabas — 5:12
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 53:6
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 19:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΙΜΗΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΙΜΕΝ — shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑΝ — shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑΣ — shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΕΙΣ — shepherds, a shepherd, you shepherd, you tend, you rule
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΕΣ — shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΙ — to a shepherd, for a shepherd, by a shepherd, with a shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΙΚΑ — shepherd's, pastoral, of a shepherd, a shepherd's
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ — pastoral, of a shepherd, shepherdly
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΟΣ — of a shepherd, of the shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΕΝΩΝ — of shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΣΙ — to shepherds, for shepherds, with shepherds, by shepherds
- ΠΟΙΜΕΣΙΝ — to shepherds, for shepherds, to a shepherd, for a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΗ — shepherd, a shepherd
- ΠΟΙΜΗΝ — shepherd, a shepherd, pastor, a pastor
- ΠΟΙΜ‾Η‾ — shepherd, a shepherd
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