ΠΟΙΜΝΙΑ, ποιμνια
POIMNIA, poimnia
Sounds Like: POYM-nee-ah
Translations: flocks, herds
From the root: ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a group of animals, typically sheep or goats, but can also apply to other livestock like cattle. It is often used in the context of a shepherd tending to their flock. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a group of people under the care or guidance of a leader, similar to how a shepherd cares for their sheep.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4167 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 29:2, 29:3, 30:40, 31:4
- Deuteronomy — 7:13, 28:4, 28:18, 28:51
- 1 Samuel — 8:17, 14:32, 15:21, 25:2, 27:9, 30:20
- 2 Samuel — 12:2
- 1 Kings — 21:27
- 2 Chronicles — 32:28
- Judith — 2:27, 3:3
- Jeremiah — 6:3, 6:18
- Ezekiel — 13:5
- Joel — 1:18
- Zephaniah — 2:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΕΝΥΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, sheep
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΑʼ — flock, a flock, a little flock
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟ — flock, a flock, (of) a flock
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΙΣ — flock, a flock, (to) a flock, (to) flocks
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, little flock
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΟΥ — of a flock, of a fold, of a herd, of a sheepfold
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΩ — (to) a flock, (to) a herd, (to) a fold, (to) a sheepfold
- ΠΟΙΜΝΙΩΝ — of flocks
- ΠΟΙΜΟΙΜΝΙΟΝ — flock, a flock, sheep, a sheep
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